Standards and interpretive issues in lung function testing

Respiratory Care

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 764-772

  Crapo, Robert O ^a,b   Jensen, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusing capacity; Pulmonary function tests; Reference standards; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSICIAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY THERAPIST; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0042831160     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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