Plethysmography, Whole Body
"Plethysmography, Whole Body" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Measurement of the volume of gas in the lungs, including that which is trapped in poorly communicating air spaces. It is of particular use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema. (Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
| Descriptor ID |
D010993
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.370.610.805 E01.370.386.700.615
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| Concept/Terms |
Plethysmography, Whole Body- Plethysmography, Whole Body
- Whole Body Plethysmography
- Body Plethysmographies, Whole
- Body Plethysmography, Whole
- Plethysmographies, Whole Body
- Whole Body Plethysmographies
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Plethysmography, Whole Body" by people in Profiles.
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Longitudinal body composition data in exclusively breast-fed infants: a multicenter study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011 Sep; 19(9):1887-91.
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Validation of the BOD POD with hydrostatic weighing: influence of body clothing. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Feb; 24(2):200-5.
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Respiratory syncytial virus affects pulmonary function in BALB/c mice. J Infect Dis. 1998 Feb; 177(2):269-76.