Allied health – 3004. Pulmonary function tests: A study of 1000 normal children
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Background Respiratory infections in children have assumed epidemic proportions in recent years. Although data on pulmonary function tests of Indian children is available, very few studies in North Indian healthy children are available, especially in healthy children from Haryana. In this study, pulmonary function tests of healthy children, studying in schools of Rohtak (Haryana), on a large scale was done.
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