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Validation of the global lung initiative 2012 multi-ethnic spirometric reference equations in healthy urban Zimbabwean 7–13 year-old school children: a cross-sectional observational study

BACKGROUND: The 2012 Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI(2012)) provide multi-ethnic spirometric reference equations (SRE) for the 3–95 year-old age range, but Sub-Saharan African populations are not represented. This study aimed to evaluate the fit of the African-American GLI(2012) SRE to a popula...

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Autores principales: Madanhire, Tafadzwa, Ferrand, Rashida A., Attia, Engi F., Sibanda, Elopy N., Rusakaniko, Simba, Rehman, Andrea M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7048020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32111226
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-1091-4