Human airway narrowing measured using high resolution computed tomography

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1557-1562

  Okazawa, Mitsushi ^a,b   Müller, Nestor ^c   Mcnamara, Anne E ^c   Child, Steven ^c   Verburgt, Lorraine ^c   Paré, Peter D ^c  

^a Canadian Lung Association   (Canada)

^b The James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029849681     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912780     Document Type: Article

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