Reducing the number of daily measurements results in poor estimation of diurnal variability of peak expiratory flow in healthy individuals

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 262-264

  Gupta, D ^a   Aggarwal, A N ^a   Chaganti, S ^a   Jindal, S K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Circadian variability; Limits of agreement; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034303809     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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