Thorax circumference, lung volumes, and ethnicity in 5000 subjects of the LifeGene study.

M. Qvarfordt (Huddinge, Sweden)

Source: International Congress 2017 – Lung function testing
Session: Lung function testing
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2221
Disease area: Airway diseases

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