Ethnic differences in pulmonary function in healthy nonsmoking Asian- Americans and European-Americans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 1101-1108

  Korotzer, Brian ^a   Ong, Solita ^a   Hansen, James E ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0034014654     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.4.9902063     Document Type: Article

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