Quality of spirometry test performance in children and adolescents: Experience in a large field study

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 665-671

  Enright, Paul L ^a   Linn, William S ^b   Avol, Edward L ^b   Margolis, Helene G ^c   Gong, Henry ^b   Peters, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Peak flow; Quality control; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033796592     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.3.665     Document Type: Article

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