Flow limitation: An overview

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-357

  Tantucci, C ^a   Grassi, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Body posture; Dynamic hyperinflation; Dyspnoea; Exercise; Negative expiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; REST; REVIEW; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0032848233     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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