title: COPD (confusion over proper diagnosis) in the zone of maximum uncertainty.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary Diseases and Department of Paediatrics-Pulmonary Diseases, Erasmus Medical Centre, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands pquanjer@xs4all.nl.
authors.forename: Philip H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Quanjer
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Saint Louis University Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Gregg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruppel
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, Genoa University, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Vito
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brusasco
authors.affiliation: Sleep Clinic, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Rogelio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez-Padilla
authors.affiliation: VA-CT Clinical Epidemiology Research Center and Yale School of Medicine, West Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos A Vaz
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Fragoso
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Bruce H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Culver
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Physiology Laboratory, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Maureen P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Swanney
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Martin R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Physiology Service, Allergy Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, and Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
authors.forename: Brian L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: Centro Medico Pneumologico Torino, Clinica Pinna Pintor, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pellegrino
authors.affiliation: Dept of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Enright
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: A Sonia
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Buist
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Burney
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*