Spirometry values in a Greek population: Is there an appropriate reference equation?

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 947-952

  Kontakiotis, Theodore ^a   Boutou, Afroditi K ^b   Ioannidis, Dimitris ^a,b   Papakosta, Despina ^a   Argyropoulou, Paraskevi ^b  

^a Department of Pulmonology ^*  (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greek population; lung function test value; reference equation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE EQUATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960795873     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02002.x     Document Type: Article

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