The role of FEV6 in the detection of airway obstruction

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Demir, Tuncalp ^a,b   Ikitimur, Hande Demirel ^a   Koc, Nihal ^a   Yildirim, Nurhayat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Forced expiratory vital capacity (FVC); Forced expiratory volume in 6 seconds (FEV6)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VITAL CAPACITY; AGED; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 10944262285     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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