Lung Function Values in Healthy Children (10-15 years)

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-91

  Sharma, P P ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a,b   Deshpande, Renu ^a   Gupta, Pratibha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Near Telephone Exchange   (India)

Author keywords

Lung pulmonary functions; Normal children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030621591     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02795783     Document Type: Article

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