Published 2021-02-01
“…Kate Petrie,1 Brett G Toelle,2,3 Richard Wood-Baker,4 Graeme P Maguire,5 Alan L James,6,7
Michael Hunter,8,9 David P Johns,4 Guy B Marks,2,10 Johnson
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Michael J Abramson11 1Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 3Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 4College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia; 5Western Clinical School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia and General Internal Medicine, Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 6Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, Perth, WA, Australia; 7University of Western Australia, Medical School, Perth, WA, Australia; 8School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; 9Busselton Population Medical Research Institute, Busselton, WA, Australia; 10South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 11School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaCorrespondence:
Michael J AbramsonSchool of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 2, 553
St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, AustraliaTel +61 3 9903 0573Fax +61 3 9903 0556Email
michael.abramson@monash.eduPurpose: Spirometry is necessary to confirm COPD, but many patients are diagnosed based on clinical presentation and/or chest x-ray. …”
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