Selection of peak flowmeters in ambulatory asthma patients: A review of the literature

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 587-592

  Kennedy, Daniel T ^a,b   Chang, Ziba ^a   Small, Ralph E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Interdevice variability; National Asthma Education and Prevention Program recommendations; Peak flowmeters; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0031866140     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.2.587     Document Type: Review

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