Spirometer calibration checks: Is 3.5% good enough?

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1486-1493

  McCormack, Meredith C ^a   Shade, David ^a   Wise, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Lung function; Pulmonary function test; Quality control; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SPIROMETER;

EID: 34248571372     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1522     Document Type: Article

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