Standardizing lung function laboratories for multicenter trials

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Beardsmore, C S ^a,b   Paton, J Y ^c   Thompson, J R ^b   Laverty, A ^d   King, C ^c   Oliver, C ^d   Stocks, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inter center differences; Plethysmography; Quality control; Reproducibility; Respiratory function tests; spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33846165440     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20543     Document Type: Article

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