Applicability of the global lung function initiative (GLI) reference ranges to spirometry data from children in Nepal

D. Devakumar, J. Kirkby, D. Manandhar, D. Osrin, B. Shrestha, S. S. Chaube, J. Stocks (London, United Kingdom; Kathmandu, Nepal)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Paediatric respiratory epidemiology: new understandings of lung function, disorders of prematurity and chronic airway diseases
Disease area: Paediatric lung diseases

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D. Devakumar, J. Kirkby, D. Manandhar, D. Osrin, B. Shrestha, S. S. Chaube, J. Stocks (London, United Kingdom; Kathmandu, Nepal). Applicability of the global lung function initiative (GLI) reference ranges to spirometry data from children in Nepal. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 1225

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