Reduced forced expiratory flow in schoolchildren with respiratory symptoms: The Odense schoolchild study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 443-448

  Mostgaard, G ^a,b   Siersted, H C ^a   Hansen, H S ^a   Hyldebrandt, N ^a   Oxhoj H ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0030745838     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90108-6     Document Type: Article

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