Clinical implications of pulmonary function testing in preschool children

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Stocks, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child; diagnostic profile; interpretative strategies; preschool; reference values; repeatability

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG STRUCTURE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERAPY EFFECT; WHEEZING;

EID: 33745224104     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.015     Document Type: Review

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