Age-associated changes in pulmonary function: A comparison of pulmonary function parameters in healthy young adults and the elderly living in shanghai

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3064-3068

  Ren, Wei ying ^a   Li, Li ^a   Zhao, Rong ya ^a   Zhu Dr , Lei ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Forced expiratory volume in one second; Forced vital capacity; Pulmonary function tests; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SPIROMETERY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAL CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866139191     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.17.018     Document Type: Article

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