Large lungs in divers: Natural selection or a training effect?

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Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 224-228

  Adir, Yochai ^a   Shupak, Avi ^a   Laor, Arie ^b   Weiler Ravell, Daniel ^b  

^a ISRAEL NAVAL MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVER; DIVING; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LARGE LUNG; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY; TRAINING; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 22244469028     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.1.224     Document Type: Article

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