Variations in the peak expiratory flow rate with various factors in a population of healthy women of the malwa region of Punjab, India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1000-1003

  Kaur, Harpreet ^a   Singh, Jagseer ^a   Makkar, Manisha ^a   Singh, Khushdeep ^a   Garg, Ruchika ^a  

^a Adesh University   (India)

Author keywords

Mini wright peak expiratory flow meter; Pefr; Women of malwa region of Punjab

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 84878858596     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/5217.3049     Document Type: Article

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