The majority of participants with abnormal spirometry at walk-in consult their general practitioner as recommended

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Kølner Augustson, Line ^a   Thøgersen, Niels ^b   Faaborg, Thea Heide ^a   Weinreich, Ulla Møller ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Laesoe Health Centre   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; AMBULATORY CARE; DENMARK; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945572704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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