Physiological changes in respiratory function associated with ageing

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-205

  Janssens, J P ^a,b   Pache, J C ^a   Nicod, L P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Pulmonary function tests; Senile emphysema

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATION CENTER; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; THORAX WALL;

AGED; AGING; HUMANS; LUNG; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 0033035039     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13a36.x     Document Type: Review

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