Routine pulmonary function tests in young adolescents with asthma in general practice

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 469-472

  Hewson, Peter H ^a,b   Tippett, Elizabeth A ^a   Jones, Danny M ^a   Maddern, Justin P ^a   Higgs, Peter ^a  

^a Colac Hospital ^*  (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029910230     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb138609.x     Document Type: Article

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