Best lung function equations for the very elderly selected by survival analysis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1338-1346

  Miller, Martin R ^a   Thinggaard, Mikael ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^b,c   Pedersen, Ole F ^d   Sigsgaard, Torben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LUNG; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899811568     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00100313     Document Type: Article

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