Spirometric and anthropometric determinants of forced expiratory time in a general population

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-42

  Kainu, Annette ^a   Lindqvist, Ari ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^b   Sovijärvi, Anssi ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Expiratory time; Flow volume spirometry; Lung function; Obesity; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATION TIME; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG MECHANICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 37349101732     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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