Laboratory and clinical evaluation of a portable computerized peak flow meter

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-312

  Quirce, Santiago ^a,b   Contreras, Gustavo ^a   Morán, Onofre ^a   Abboud, Raja ^a   Kennedy, Susan ^a   Dimich Ward, Helen ^a   Chan Yeung, Moira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Peak expiratory flow; Peak flow meters; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

EID: 0030841898     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909709067220     Document Type: Article

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