Effects of the aging process on respiratory function

Gerontology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 505-510

  Britto, Raquel Rodrigues ^a   Zampa, Camila Camargos ^a   De Oliveira, Tatiana Antunes ^a   Prado, Lívia Fontes ^a   Parreira, Verônica Franco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Plethysmography; Respiratory function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349558548     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235853     Document Type: Article

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