Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children

Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-47

  Yu, C C W ^a   McManus, A M ^a   Li, A M ^b   Sung, R Y T ^b   Armstrong, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary exercise test; Children and adolescents; Chinese; Hong kong

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; GAS ANALYSIS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY;

EID: 77449144465     PISSN: 10139923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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