Adopting universal lung function reference equations

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 901-903

  Swanney, Maureen P ^a   Miller, Martin R ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84886573940     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00123613     Document Type: Review

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