New reference equations for forced spirometry in elderly persons

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-628

  Smolej Narančić, Nina ^a   Pavlović, Mladen ^b   Žuškin, Eugenija ^c   Miličić, Jasna ^a   Škarić Jurić, Tatjana ^a   Barbalić, Maja ^a   Rudan, Pavao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Forced spirometry; Lung function; Mediterranean; Reference equations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CROATIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; AGING; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROATIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60649108012     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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