Greater Glasgow health board COPD outreach spirometry: has the spirometric findings changed prescribing practices

R. Carter (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Assessing the airways: innovation, applications and pitfalls
Session: Assessing the airways: innovation, applications and pitfalls
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 1119
Disease area: Airway diseases

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