Worldwide patterns of bronchodilator responsiveness: results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study

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Tan W. C., Vollmer W. M., Lamprecht B., Mannino D. M., Jithoo A., Nizankowska-Mogilnicka E., ...More

THORAX, vol.67, no.8, pp.718-726, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 67 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201445
  • Journal Name: THORAX
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.718-726
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Rationale Criteria for a clinically significant bronchodilator response (BDR) are mainly based on studies in patients with obstructive lung diseases. Little is known about the BDR in healthy general populations, and even less about the worldwide patterns.