Breathlessness and control of breathing in patients with COPD

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-23

  Scano, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Control of breathing; Dyspnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0030971570     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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