Reference values for lung function: Past, present and future

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-19

  Stanojevic, S ^a   Wade, A ^a   Stocks, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Normal values; Pulmonary function testing; Reference values; Review; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ETHNICITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GERIATRICS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954640895     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00143209     Document Type: Review

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