Monitoring of bronchial asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 581-586

  Dahl, R ^a   Martinati, L C ^b   Boner, A L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030689722     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90003-2     Document Type: Review

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