Performance and interpretation of spirometry among Swedish hospitals

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 567-573

  Belfrage, Björn ^a   Hansson, Anders ^b   Bake, Björn ^c  

^a Närhälsan Dals Ed Health Center   (Sweden)

^b FoUU centrum i Fyrbodal   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

departments; hospital; interviews; observational study; spirometry; Sweden; telephone

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84985911809     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12255     Document Type: Article

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