A comparison of peak expiratory flow (PEF) measured from forced vital capacity vs. PEF maneuvers in healthy volunteers

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 103-106

  Agarwal, Dipti ^a   Gupta, Prem ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Forced vital capacity maneuver; Healthy volunteers; Peak expiratory flow maneuver; Peak expiratory flow rate; Turbine spirometer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RANDOMIZATION; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 34547690856     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.33697     Document Type: Article

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