Normal values of peak expiratory flow in children from an environment with high degree of atmospheric air pollution] |
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| Authors: | B Mazur J Gruszczyński G Spycha?owicz A Kwak R Ma?lanka G Szpyrka |
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| Institution: | IV Katedry i Kliniki Pediatrii Sl. AM, Katowicach. |
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| Abstract: | Peak expiratory flow (PEF) has been measured with Vitalograph (in liters per minute) in 2,512 school-children aged between 7 and 15 years in Upper Silesian Industrial Region. Five hundred eighty one children from Zarki near Czestochowa served as a control group. The results have been analysed statistically. Determined PEF values for children from the Upper Silesian Industrial Region are considered as a biological reference values for assessment of PEF in both health and disease. PEF values calculated for children from Zarki were higher than those in the examined group, except the value for a 14-year old children. |
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