A Clnical Study of the Usefulness of Assessing Dyspnea in Healthy Elderly Subjects

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-252

  Yamada, Kouichi ^a   Takasaki, Yuuji ^a   Kudoh, Shoji ^a   Kida, Kozui ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

Author keywords

arterial blood gas; assessment of dyspnea; healthy elderly subjects; lung function tests; oxygen cost diagram

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DYSPNEA; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0035375071     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.68.246     Document Type: Article

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