Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , January 2010

Spirometric Reference Equations for Healthy Children Aged 6 to 11 Years in Taiwan

  • Meng-Chiao Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Mei-Jy Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department Of Pediatrics, National Yang-Ming University School Of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Mei-Jy Jeng, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Hua-Lun Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Pei-Chen Tsao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department Of Pediatrics, National Yang-Ming University School Of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chia-Feng Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Yun Peng

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department Of Pediatrics, National Yang-Ming University School Of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yu-Sheng Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department Of Pediatrics, National Yang-Ming University School Of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Jue Soong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department Of Pediatrics, National Yang-Ming University School Of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ren-Bin Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 28 April 2009 ,Accepted 30 November 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(10)70017-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70017-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 21-28 , January 2010

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