Airflow obstruction

Can peak expiratory flow measurements reliably identify the presence of airway obstruction and bronchodilator response as assessed by FEV₁ in primary care patients presenting with a persistent cough?
H A Thiadens, G H De Bock, J C Van Houwelingen, F W Dekker, M W M De Waal, M P Springer, D S Postma

Thorax Dec 1999, 54 (12) 1055-1060; DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.12.1055
Occupational exposure to pesticides are associated with fixed airflow obstruction in middle-age
Sheikh M Alif, Shyamali C Dharmage, Geza Benke, Martine Dennekamp, John A Burgess, Jennifer L Perret, Caroline J Lodge, Stephen Morrison, David Peter Johns, Graham G Giles, Lyle C Gurrin, Paul S Thomas, John Llewelyn Hopper, Richard Wood-Baker, Bruce R Thompson, Iain H Feather, Roel Vermeulen, Hans Kromhout, E Haydn Walters, Michael J Abramson, Melanie Claire Matheson

Thorax Nov 2017, 72 (11) 990-997; DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2016-209665

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