Reporting peak expiratory flow in older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1147-1151

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED RESIDUAL PERCENTILE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348931087     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.10.1147     Document Type: Article

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