Abstract:Minnesota 55455, USA Stebbings, J. H. (1974). Thorax, 29,[505][506][507][508][509][510] The fractional carbon monoxide uptake has been suggested as a useful index of pulmonary diffusing capacity in clinical evaluations, in respiratory screening programmes, and in epidemiological studies (Bates, Macklem, and Christie, 1971;Lacoste, 1971Lacoste, , 1972. The study reported on here was designed to evaluate this, to establish normal values, and to determine the effects of cigarette smoking.
SUBJECTSA survey of the … Show more
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