Respiratory function in Aboriginal children
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AMPCo in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 144 (S2) , S11-3
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb115955.x
Abstract
One hundred and fifty-one Aboriginal school children and 246 non-Aboriginal children, all aged between 11 and 15 years, performed lung function tests with a Vitalograph spirometer. The results showed that the mean forced vital capacity was 20% larger in non-Aboriginal children of both sexes. Similar differences were found for the one-second forced expiratory volume, which was 15% larger for the non-Aboriginal boys and 17% larger for the non-Aboriginal girls. Comment is made on their smoking practices.Keywords
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