Lung attenuation measurements in healthy young adults

Respiration

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Smit, Hans J M ^a   Golding, Richard P ^b   Schramel, Franz M N H ^c   Devillé, Walter L ^d   Manoliu, Radu A ^b   Postmus, Pieter E ^b  

^a RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Densitometry; High resolution computed tomography; Lung; Lung function; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037908997     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070060     Document Type: Article

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