'Normal' lung function in rural Australian Aborigines

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 543-549

  Veale, A J ^a,b,c   Peat, J K ^a,b,c   Salome, C M ^a,b,c   Woolcock, A J ^a,b,c   Thompson, J E ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Forced expiratory volume one second (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC); Lung function; Spirometric function

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030733275     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1997.tb00962.x     Document Type: Article

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