One size does not fit all—Why do pediatric spirometry estimates vary across populations “down under”?
Rebeca Mozun MD, PhD
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorFlorian Berger MD
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
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Florian Singer MD, PhD
Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Department of Paediatrics, PEDNET, Paediatric Clinical Trial Unit, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Correspondence Florian Singer, MD, PhD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 15, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
Search for more papers by this authorRebeca Mozun MD, PhD
Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Writing - original draft (lead), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorFlorian Berger MD
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), Writing - review & editing (supporting)
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Florian Singer MD, PhD
Division of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Department of Paediatrics, PEDNET, Paediatric Clinical Trial Unit, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Correspondence Florian Singer, MD, PhD, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 15, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)
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Florian Singer received honoraria for lectures from Vertex Switzerland and Novartis Switzerland. Other authors declare no conflict of interests.
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