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. 1992 Jun;49(6):445–447. doi: 10.1136/oem.49.6.445

Forced expiratory volume in one second: why dichotomise?

J Vestbo 1, K M Knudsen 1, F V Rasmussen 1
PMCID: PMC1012128  PMID: 1606032

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