Lung function in our aging population

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 108-114

  Marek, W ^a   Marek, E M ^a   Muckenhoff K ^b   Smith, H J ^c   Kotschy Lang, N ^d   Kohlhaufl M ^e  

^a Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c CareFusion ^*  (Germany)

^d Berufsgenossenschaftliche Klinik fur Berufskrankheiten Falkenstein   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly males; Forced expiration; Lung function testing; Reference values; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAL CAPACITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPOSURE; HEIGHT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; REMUNERATION; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 79954532676     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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