Changes in carbon monoxide transfer over 22 years in middle-aged men

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1103-1108

  Watson, A ^a   Joyce, H ^a   Pride, N B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide transfer factor; Krogh coefficient; Smoking habit; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GAS MIXING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSFER FACTOR; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85047698657     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2000.0920     Document Type: Article

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