Spirometric pulmonary function parameters of healthy Chinese children aged 3-6 years in Taiwan

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 676-682

  Jeng, Mei Jy ^a,b   Chang, Hua Lun ^b   Tsai, Meng Chiao ^b   Tsao, Pen Chen ^a,b   Yang, Chia Feng ^b   Lee, Yu Sheng ^a,b   Soong, Wen Jue ^a,b   Tang, Ran Bin ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forced vital capacity; Preschool children; Pulmonary function tests; Reference values; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; TAIWAN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY; TAIWAN; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 67650165636     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21038     Document Type: Article

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