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Pre- and post-bronchodilator lung function as predictors of mortality in the Lung Health Study

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is supposed to be classified on the basis of post-bronchodilator lung function. Most longitudinal studies of COPD, though, do not have post-bronchodilator lung function available. We used pre-and post bronchodilator lung function data from the...

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Autores principales: Mannino, David M, Diaz-Guzman, Enrique, Buist, Sonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3202237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-12-136