Differences in lung function and chest dimensions in school-age girls and boys

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-157

  Kivastik, J ^a   Kingisepp, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anthropometry; Children; Growth; Lung volumes and flows

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030965405     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1997.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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