An unusual form of COPD case-finding: the ERS spirometry tent

G. Viegi, S. Maio, F. Pistelli, D. Sherrill, L. Nicod (Pisa, Italy; Tucson, United States Of America; Bern, Switzerland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD
Session: Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2047
Disease area: Airway diseases

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