Concepts of normality applied to the measurement of lung function.

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• Publication year

  1986

• Venue

  American Journal of Medicine

• Publication date

  1986-06-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90678-9PMID 3728510
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