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Comment
. 2012 Jun;21(2):136.
doi: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00044.

Conflicting standards for diagnostic spirometry within-session repeatability are confusing

Kevin Gruffydd-Jones, Hilary Pinnock, Chris Loveridge, Stephanie Wolfe, Ruth McArthur, David Bellamy
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Conflicting standards for diagnostic spirometry within-session repeatability are confusing

Kevin Gruffydd-Jones et al. Prim Care Respir J. 2012 Jun.
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Conflict of interest statement

CL, RMc and SW are employees of Education for Health. HP and DB are Associate Editors of the PCRJ; neither were involved in the editorial review of, nor the decision to publish, this article.

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