The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 5 , Pages 391-396 , 1 April 2003

Attitudes of physicians toward objective measures of airway function in asthma

  • Liza C O’Dowd, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division (LO, RP), University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (LO, DF, TT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Daniel Fife, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (LO, DF, TT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (DF), Department of Drug Safety and Surveillance, Titusville, New Jersey, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Tenhave, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (LO, DF, TT), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Reynold A Panettieri Jr, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division (LO, RP), University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr, MD, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 421 Curie Boulevard, 805 BRB II/III, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6160, USA

Received 14 May 2002 ,Revised 21 October 2002 ,Accepted 1 November 2002.

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☆ This project was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (5T32HL07586), Bethesda, Maryland, and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Delaware.

PII: S0002-9343(03)00007-X

doi: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00007-X

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 114, Issue 5 , Pages 391-396 , 1 April 2003

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