Relationship between airway obstruction and respiratory symptoms in adult asthmatics

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 272-277

  Teeter, John G ^a   Bleecker, Eugene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Peak expiratory flow; Respiratory symptoms; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031911619     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.2.272     Document Type: Article

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