Asthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry

Robert L Cowie; Margot F Underwood; Stephen K Field

doi:10.1155/2007/816132

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2007)

Asthma Symptoms Do not Predict Spirometry

Robert L Cowie,
Margot F Underwood,
Stephen K Field

Affiliations

Robert L Cowie: Calgary COPD and Asthma Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Margot F Underwood: Calgary COPD and Asthma Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Stephen K Field: Calgary COPD and Asthma Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/816132
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 6
pp. 339 – 342

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Asthma is a disease characterized by variable airflow obstruction, but the measurement of airflow is often omitted in the process of diagnosis and management of the disease.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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