Lung volumes in healthy Afro-Caribbean children aged 4-17 years

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Sylvester, Karl P ^a   Milligan, Peter ^a   Patey, Richard A ^a   Rafferty, Gerrard F ^a   Greenough, Anne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional residual capacity, ethnicity; Plethysmography spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 23244443906     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20259     Document Type: Article

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