Spirometric pulmonary function in 3- to 5-year-old children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-271

  Pesant, Caroline ^a   Sanfschi, Miriam ^a   Praud, Jean Paul ^a   Geoffroy, Mario ^a   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^a   Vlachos Mayer, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Area under the expiratory curve; Forced expiratory maneuvers; Lung function tests; Preschool children; Reference values

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33947263037     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20564     Document Type: Article

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