Comparison of Indian reference equations for spirometry interpretation

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 763-768

  Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Jindal, Surinder K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; India; Respiratory function test; Spirometry; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INDIAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SHORT STATURE; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 34548681874     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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