Effect of gestational age and position on peak expiratory flow rate: A longitudinal study

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-376

  Harirah, Hassan M ^a   Donia, Sahar E ^b   Nasrallah, Fayez K ^b   Saade, George R ^b   Belfort, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 13644264756     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000152303.80103.69     Document Type: Article

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