Lung function in the elderly: time for new reference values?

W. Marek, E. M. Marek, K. Mückenhoff, H. J. Smith, N. Kotschy-Lang, M. Kohlhäufl (Bochum, Hoechberg, Falkenstein, Stuttgart-Gerlingen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Methodological aspects of asthma and COPD epidemiology
Session: Methodological aspects of asthma and COPD epidemiology
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1021
Disease area: Airway diseases

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