Can airway function be predicted?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 6 II, 1996, Pages

  Macklem, Peter T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; STEROID;

ASTHMA; BREATHING; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; DEATH; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029898587     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/153.6_pt_2.s19     Document Type: Article

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