A normal FEV1/VC ratio does not exclude airway obstruction

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-352

  Stǎnescu, Dan ^a,b   Veriter, Claude ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Forced expiratory volume in 1 s; Lung function; Small airways; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SMOKING; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 4444292956     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079638     Document Type: Article

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