Clinical and radiological aspects of ageing of the respiratory tract;Aspects cliniques et radiologiques du vieillissement de l'appareil respiratoire

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 481-489

  Yernault, J C ^a   Scillia, P ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chest X ray; Cough; Dyspnoea; Physical examination; Respiratory ageing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATION; HUMAN; LUNG AUSCULTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SENILITY; SMOKING HABIT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSCULTATION; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; MASS SCREENING; PALPATION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SMOKING; THORAX; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036755578     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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