Effect of the changing the lower limits of normal and the interpretative strategies for lung function tests

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-136

  Ra, Seung Won ^a   Oh, Ji Seon ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^a   Shim, Tae Sun ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Koh, Youn Suck ^a   Lee, Sang Do ^a   Kim, Woo Sung ^a   Kim, Dong Soon ^a   Kim, Won Dong ^a   Oh, Yeon Mok ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Interpretation; Lower limits of normal; Lung function test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 33751530027     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2006.61.2.129     Document Type: Article

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