Spirometric lung volumes in the adult Pacific Islander population: Comparison with predicted values in a European population

Respirology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 247-253

  Milivojevic Poleksic, Ljubica ^a   Wells, Athol U ^a   Moody, Alison ^a   Fergusson, Wendy ^a   Tukuitonga, Colin ^b   Kolbe, John ^a,b  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lung volumes; Normal values; Pacific Islander population; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034829979     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2001.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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