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http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=694 Catalina Panaitescu, Cristian Oana http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00003 Recommendations on repeatability of spirometry http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=703 Monica Fletcher, Chris Loveridge http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00026 FEV1 and FVC repeatability goals when performing spirometry http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=706 Paul Enright http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00031 News http://www.thepcrj.org/journ/view_article.php?article_id=712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2010.00032