An epidemiological study of Pulmonary Function Tests in geriatric population of central India

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-91

  Phatak, Mrunal S ^a   Kurhade, Geeta A ^a   Pradhan, Gauri C ^a   Gosavi, Geeta B ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prediction equation; Pulmonary function tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0036157738     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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