SEKINE YASUO
   Department   School of Medicine(Yachiyo Medical Center), School of Medicine
   Position   Visiting Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Surveillance of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in high-risk individuals by using regional lung cancer mass screening.
Journal Formal name:International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abbreviation:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
ISSN code:(1178-2005)1176-9106(Linking)
Volume, Issue, Page 9,pp.647-56
Author and coauthor Sekine Yasuo, Yanagibori Ryoko, Suzuki Kiminori, Sugiyama Sonomi, Yamaji Haruko, Ishibashi Michiko, Fujisawa Takehiko
Publication date 2014
Summary COPD screening using a community-based lung cancer-screening program may be effective for disease detection. Individuals who are 60 years of age or older with a positive smoking history should undergo PFT to detect COPD.
DOI 10.2147/COPD.S62053
PMID 25018628