Effect of alveolar volume on the interpretation of single breath DLCO

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 263-273

  Frans, A ^a   Nemery, B ^b   Veriter, C ^a   Lacquet, L ^b   Francis, C ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0030914969     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90029-9     Document Type: Article

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