Lung function

European Respiratory Monograph

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 167-198

  Pedersen, O F ^a   Miller, M R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lung function; Reference values; Sensitivity; Specificity; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033779534     PISSN: 1025448X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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