Reference values for pulmonary function in Asian Indians living in the United States

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1225-1233

  Fulambarker, Ashok ^a,d   Copur, Ahmet Sinan ^a   Javeri, Asavari ^c   Jere, Sujata ^c   Cohen, Mark E ^b  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Dental and Biomedical Research   (United States)

^c VA Gt Lakes Hlth Care System 111 P ^*

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; Predicted equations; Pulmonary function; Racial differences; Reference values; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6344278359     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.4.1225     Document Type: Article

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