The lower limit of normal versus a fixed ratio to assess airflow limitation: will the debate ever end?

Lewis J. Smith

Source: Eur Respir J, 51 (3) 1800403; 10.1183/13993003.00403-2018
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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