Reproducibility of lung volume measurements

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-790

  Hankinson, J L ^a,d   Stocks, J ^b   Peslin, R ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Between and within subject variance; Lung volumes; N2 dilution; Plethysmography; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031897838     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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