Respiratory Medicine
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , January 2001

A comparison of three disease-specific and two generic health-status measures to evaluate the outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD

  • S.J SINGH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
    • ,
  • S.C SODERGREN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, U.K.
    • ,
  • M.E HYLAND

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, U.K.
    • ,
  • J WILLIAMS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
    • ,
  • M.D.L MORGAN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester

Received 14 June 2000 ,Accepted 5 October 2000.

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PII: S0954-6111(00)90976-4

doi: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0976

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 71-77 , January 2001

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