Spirometric reference values for healthy nonsmoking Saudi adults

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-78

  Al Ghobain, Mohammed O ^a   Alhamad, Esam H ^b   Alorainy, Hassan S ^c   Al Hazmi, Manal ^d   Al Moamary, Mohamed S ^a   Al Hajjaj, Mohamed S ^b   Idress, Majdy ^e   Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Zeitouni, Mohammed ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adults; References; Saudi Arabia; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY;

ADULTS; REFERENCES; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SAUDI ARABIA; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891835247     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/crj.12038     Document Type: Article

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