Assessment of a new transtelephonic portable spirometer

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-410

  Abboud, Shimon ^a   Bruderman, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

FVC test; Lung function parameters; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; TELEPHONE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029876214     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.4.407     Document Type: Article

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