Bias in association between FEV1/FVC% predicted at 7 years and asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 115-

  Ayubi, Erfan ^a,b   Safiri, Saeid ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MARAGHEH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ASTHMA CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE OVERLAP SYNDROME; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; STATISTICAL BIAS; VITAL CAPACITY;

ASTHMA; BIAS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; UNDIFFERENTIATED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 85021699837     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0370LE     Document Type: Letter

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