Factors associated with undiagnosed and overdiagnosed COPD

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 561-564

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a,b,c,d   Hwee, Jeremiah ^b   Chapman, Kenneth R ^e   Aaron, Shawn D ^f   O'Donnell, Denis E ^g   Stanbrook, Matthew B ^b,c,e   Bourbeau, Jean ^h   Tan, Wan ⁱ   Su, Jiandong ^b   Victor, J Charles ^b,c   To, Teresa ^b,c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^e TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^g KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY; AGE; SEX FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84979972117     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00458-2016     Document Type: Letter

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