Percent or percentile? Spirometry in COPD diagnosis

M. Maskey-Warzechowska, M. Roszkowska, K. Muzyka, A. Zebrowska, M. Bukowinska (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Diagnostic strategies in primary respiratory care
Session: Diagnostic strategies in primary respiratory care
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3567
Disease area: Airway diseases

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