The necessity of building population specific prediction equations for clinical assessment of pulmonary function tests

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 519-522

  Hellmann, S ^a   Goren, A I ^a  

^a Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Children; Population specific; Prediction equations; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0033008046     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051133     Document Type: Article

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