title: Respiratory symptoms: a reason to obtain spirometry.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Mannino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*