The determinants of pulmonary diffusing capacity in a national sample of U.S. adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 656-664

  Neas, Lucas M ^a   Schwartz, Joel ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030033670     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564114     Document Type: Article

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