Pulmonary function tests: Comparison of 95th percentile-based and conventional criteria of normality

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1187-1191

  Margolis, Mitchell L ^a   Montoya, Frank J ^b   Palma Jr , Wenceslao R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; SOLDIER; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030660229     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199712000-00005     Document Type: Article

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