Physiological aspects of the decline of pulmonary function with age;Aspects physiologiques du vieillissement respiratoire

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 5 III, 2004, Pages

  Guenard H ^a   Rouatbi, S ^b  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aging; Gas exchange; Lung; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MECHANICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 11144315976     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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