Spirometry of healthy adult South African men: Part II. Interrelationship between socio-environmental factors and 'race' as determinants of spirometry

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 820-826

  Goldin, J G ^a   Louw, S J ^a   Joubert, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; LUNG; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029761488     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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