The Peak Flow Working Group: Test of portable peak flow meters by explosive decompression

European Respiratory Journal, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Pedersen, O P ^a   Miller, M R ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Altitude; Calibration; Gas density; Peak flow meters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPRESSION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; STANDARD; ALTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INSTRUMENT; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIBRATION; DECOMPRESSION; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031064841     PISSN: 09041850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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