Follow-up desaturation in 6 minute walk tests and lung function decline in COPD patients

M. Waatevik (Bergen, Norway), T. Eagan (Bergen, Norway), F. Real (Bergen, Norway), J. Hardie (Bergen, Norway), P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), B. Frisk (Bergen, Norway), A. Johannessen (Bergen, Norway)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Respiratory epidemiology: from COPD to factors that associate with lung function and infections
Disease area: Airway diseases

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