Relationship between supramaximal flows and flow-limiting mechanisms

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 512-516

  Sala, H ^a,c   Galindez, F ^a   Badolati, A ^a   Rodenstein, D ^b  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

airway configuration; forced expiration; lung inhomogeneity; pendelluft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG MECHANICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029923011     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09030512     Document Type: Article

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