Smooth reference equations for slow vital capacity and flow-volume curve indexes

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 899-905

  Pistelli, Francesco ^a,b   Bottai, Matteo ^a   Viegi, Giovanni ^a   Di Pede, Francesco ^a   Carrozzi, Laura ^a   Baldacci, Sandra ^a   Pedreschi, Marzia ^a   Giuntini, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034105383     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.3.9906006     Document Type: Article

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