Is data quality more important than data quantity in the diagnosis of occupational asthma from serial PEF records?

V. Moore, C. Burge, S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Occupational and environmental exposures and respiratory disease
Session: Occupational and environmental exposures and respiratory disease
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 4708
Disease area: Airway diseases

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