The FEV1/FEV6 ratio is a good substitute for the FEV1/FVC ratio in the elderly

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 294-298

  Melbye, Hasse ^a   Medbø, Astri ^a   Crockett, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

FEV1; FEV6; FVC; Primary care; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ROC CURVE; SEX; SMOKING HABIT; SPIROMETRY; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33749236035     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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