Diffusing capacity in the clinical assessment of chronic airflow limitation

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-564

  Cotton, D J ^a   Soparkar, G R ^a   Graham, B L ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ASTHMA; BLOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029866809     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7125(05)70453-3     Document Type: Article

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