Journal article
Symptom-Based Questionnaire for Identifying COPD in Smokers
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Symptom-based questionnaires may enhance chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) screening in primary care.
OBJECTIVES: We prospectively tested questions to help identify COPD among smokers without prior history of lung disease.
Authors
Price DB; Tinkelman DG; Halbert RJ; Nordyke RJ; Isonaka S; Nonikov D; Juniper EF; Freeman D; Hausen T; Levy ML
Journal
Respiration, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 285–295
Publisher
Karger Publishers
Publication Date
2006
DOI
10.1159/000090142
ISSN
0025-7931