Comparison of spirometric thresholds in diagnosing smoking-related airflow obstruction

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1145-1146

  Miller, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LOWER LIMIT OF NORMAL; PARAMETERS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84919792611     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205960     Document Type: Letter

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