Normal values of peak expiratory flow rate in children from the town of Babol, Iran

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 195-198

  Mohammadzadeh, Iraj ^a   Gharagozlou, Mohammad ^b   Fatemi, Seyed Abbass ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Children; Peak expiratory flow rate; PEFR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LUNG; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33845401182     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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