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Relationship between peripheral airway function and patient-reported outcomes in COPD: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Health status, dyspnea and psychological status are important clinical outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV(1)) measured by spirometry, the standard measurement of airflow limitation, has only a weak relationship w...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841100/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20205936 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-10-10 |