Evaluation of two portable peak expiratory flow meters and reference values for schoolchildren 6-16 years of age;Evaluacion de dose medidores portatiles de flujo espiratorio maximo y valores de referencia para escolares de 6 a 16 anos

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 619-625

  Cobos Barroso, N ^a   Reverie Bover C ^b,c   Linan Cortes S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b Pediatra Ctro de Atencion P

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

asthma; monitorization; peak expiratory flow; peak expiratory flow meter; smoking habit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030341390     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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