On adjusting measurements of airway responsiveness for lung size and airway caliber

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 870-875

  Peat, Jennifer Kay ^a   Salome, Cheryl Margaret ^b   Xuan, Wei ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029973930     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.4.8887577     Document Type: Article

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