Use of spirometry among chest physicians and primary care physicians in India

npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Vanjare, Nitin ^a   Chhowala, Sushmeeta ^b   Madas, Sapna ^a   Kodgule, Rahul ^a   Gogtay, Jaideep ^b   Salvi, Sundeep ^a  

^a Chest Research Foundation   (India)

^b CIPLA LTD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; PEDIATRICIAN; PULMONOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; PULMONOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INDIA; PEDIATRICIANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PULMONARY MEDICINE; SPIROMETRY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978393933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20551010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjpcrm.2016.36     Document Type: Article

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