Regression equations for peak expiratory flow in healthy children aged 7 to 14 years from Punjab, India

Lung India

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 183-186

  Mittal, Shallu ^a   Gupta, Sharat ^b   Kumar, Avnish ^a   Singh, Kamal Dev ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b GIAN SAGAR MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Lung function; Peak expiratory flow; Prediction equation; Punjab; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK FLOWMETER; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION EQUATION; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING;

EID: 84883563336     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.116245     Document Type: Article

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