title: [Normal values of peak expiratory flow in children from an environment with high degree of atmospheric air pollution].
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.
authors: IV Katedry i Kliniki Pediatrii Sl. AM, Katowicach.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Mazur
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gruszczyński
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Spychałowicz
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kwak
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Maślanka
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Szpyrka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D001824:Body Constitution / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010366:Peak Expiratory Flow Rate / Q000502:physiology; D011044:Poland; D012016:Reference Values; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants
vernacular_title: Wartości nalezne (normy) szczytowego przepływu wydechowego u dzieci ze środowiska o wysokim stopniu zanieczyszczenia powietrza atmosferycznego.