The effect of ethnic origin on pulmonary prediction equations in a Jewish immigrant population

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 919-926

  Steinvil, Arie ^a   Fireman, Elizabeth ^a   Wolach, Ofir ^a   Rebhun, Uzi ^b   Cohen, Michael ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a   Rogowski, Ori ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Forced expiratory volume; Forced vital capacity; Prediction equations; Pulmonary function testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; JEW; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 43049144203     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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