Lung function testing in children: Importance of race and ethnic-specific reference equations

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 527-531

  Stocks, Janet ^a   Sonnappa, Samatha ^a   Lum, Sooky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body size; ethnicity; lung function; lung function testing

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POLICY; POLLUTION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; RACE; REVIEW; SITTING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907042454     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2014.927317     Document Type: Review

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