Respiratory function tests in Aboriginal children on Mornington Island.
Lung function tests using a dry spirometer were performed on school-age Aboriginal children living on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Although the mean values were below Caucasian standards, they were within the appropriate normal range. There is no evidence in this study to suggest that there is a high prevalence of residual lung damage.
D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D012016:Reference Values; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013147:Spirometry; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples