Reduced forced vital capacity in Aboriginal Australians: Biology or missing evidence?

Graham L Hall^{1

2}, Glenn Pearson¹

Affiliations

¹ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Graham L Hall et al. Respirology. 2015 Jul.

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. 2015 Jul;20(5):693-4.

doi: 10.1111/resp.12552. Epub 2015 May 18.

Graham L Hall^{1

2}, Glenn Pearson¹

¹ Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.

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Keywords: Aboriginal Australians; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; lung function; spirometry.

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