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Spirometry performed as part of the Manchester community-based lung cancer screening programme detects a high prevalence of airflow obstruction in individuals without a prior diagnosis of COPD

Haval Balata, Jonathan Harvey, Phil Barber, Denis Colligan, Rebecca Duerden, Peter Elton, Matthew Evison, Melanie Greaves, John Howells, Klaus Irion,

Thorax · 2020 · 42 citations · 25 references

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Incorporating spirometry into a community-based targeted lung cancer screening programme is feasible and identifies a significant number of individuals with airflow obstruction who do not have a prior diagnosis of COPD.

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