Pulmonary function is diminished in older asymptomatic smokers and ex-smokers with low attenuation areas on high-resolution computed Tomography

Respiration

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Betsuyaku, Tomoko ^a   Yoshioka, Aya ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a   Miyamoto, Kenji ^a   Kawakami, Yoshikazit ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emphysema; Low attenuation areas; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATION; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029861801     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196573     Document Type: Article

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