Reference values of pulmonary function tests for Canadian Caucasians

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 414-424

  Gutierrez, Carlos ^a   Ghezzo, R Heberto ^b   Abboud, Raja T ^c   Cosio, Manuel G ^b   Dill, John R ^d   Martin, Richard R ^b   McCarthy, Dan S ^e   Morse, John L C ^f   Zamel, Noe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Glace Bay Community Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body plethysmography; Pulmonary function tests; Reference values; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CALCULATION; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 7244225067     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/857476     Document Type: Article

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