Airway resistance measured by the interrupter technique: Normative data for 2-10 year olds of three ethnicities

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 248-251

  McKenzie, S A ^a   Chan, E ^a   Dundas, I ^a   Bridge, P D ^a   Pao, C S ^a   Mylonopoulou, M ^a   Healy, M J R ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCULATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GENDER; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRUPTER TECHNIQUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0036724406     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.248     Document Type: Article

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