The relationship of several ventilatory capacities and lung volumes to age, height, and weight.

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• Personal Author:
  Amandus HE ; Lapp, N. Leroy ; Petersen, Martin R.
• Description:
  An evaluation is made of the assumption that the age, height, and weight of coalminers' are related to lung volume. Normal prediction equations are presented for several lung volumes and ventilatory capacities derived by a radiographic method. Data are given for the averages and standard deviations of age, height, weight, forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV-1), forced vital capacity (FVC), total lung capacity (TLC), residual volume (RV), (FEV/FVC) percentage, and (RV/TLC) percentage. Results indicate that these factors are not linearly related to age, height, or weight, although for most practical purposes, little information is lost by assuming a linear rather than a quadratic or cubic relationship. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Radiation Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Lung Capacity Lung Function Tests Physiological Measurements Radiography Respiratory System Disorders
• ISSN:
  0096-1736
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALFORD - Appalachian Laboratory for Occupational Respiratory Disease
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  355-356
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00048446
• Citation:
  J Occup Med 1975 Jun; 17(6):355-356
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a720492b9583b54b707c1147493b6026a4a68a3a766b7b4d3df11041ab73655b8e5261d7dfa032030fdb5c924becedcb79322b17e36ea0101b952a2aa6e2960
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184048/cdc_184048_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 193.70 KB ]