Diagnostic room-air pulse oximetry: effects of smoking, race, and sex

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-136

  Witting, Michael D ^a   Scharf, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AIR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 38949106880     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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