Inter-laboratory comparison of flow-volume curve measurements as quality control procedure in the framework of an international epidemiological study (PEACE project)

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-203

  Viegi, G ^a   Simoni, M ^f   Pistelli, F ^a   Englert, N ^b   Salonen, R ^c   Niepsuj, G ^d   Haluszka, J ^e   Roemer, W ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Experimental Station Marienfelde   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d National Institute of Hygiene Budapest   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Flow volume curve; Inter laboratory variability; Multicentre panel study; PEACE; Pneumotachograph; Spirometer

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0034043768     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0672     Document Type: Article

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