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MeSH Heading: Vital Capacity
Tree Number(s): E01.370.386.700.485.750.900; G09.772.850.970
Unique ID: D014797
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014797
Annotation: usually NIM; TIMED VITAL CAPACITY see FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME is also available
Scope Note: The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration.
Entry Version: VITAL CAPAC
Entry Term(s): Forced Vital Capacity
Previous Indexing: Spirometry (1966-1968)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(69)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/20

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Vital Capacity MeSH Descriptor Data 2023