Pulmonary function studies in young healthy Malaysians of Kelantan, Malaysia

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 653-657

  Bandyopadhyay, Amit ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

FVC; Malaysian; PEFR; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALAYSIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 82155164425     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.90990     Document Type: Article

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