Reference values for pulmonary function tests of Japanese-American men aged 71 to 90 years

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 805-811

  Sharp, Dan S ^a   Enright, Paul L ^b   Chiu, Darryl ^b   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^b   Rodriguez, Beatriz L ^b   Curb, J David ^b  

^a KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030071692     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564136     Document Type: Article

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