Pulmonary function studies of healthy nonsmoking male university students of Kolkata, India - revisited

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 17-25

  Bandyopadhyay, Amit ^a   Bhattacharjee, Ishita ^a   Dalui, Rishna ^a   Pal, Sangita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

FEV1 ; FVC; Indian; PEFR; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84874638655     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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