Assessment of the AirWatch lung function monitoring system

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3 II, 1999, Pages 535-536

  Martin, Richard J ^a,c,f   Pak, Juno ^a,c   Kunselman, Susan J ^b,d   Cherniack, Reuben M ^a,c   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^c   Israel, Elliot ^c   McGarry, Bill ^c   Kraft, Monica ^c   Szefler Jr , Stanley J ^c   Chinchilli, Vernon M ^d   Mauger, Elizabeth A ^d   Armstrong, Trina J ^d   Craig, Timothy J ^d   Lemanske, Robert F ^c   Sorkness, Christine A ^c   Sexton, Ann ^c   Ford, Jean G ^c   McLean, Diane ^c   Nachman, Sami ^c   Fish, James E ^c   Peters, Stephen P ^c   Ilves Corressel, Patricia ^c   Boushey, Homer A ^c   Lazarus, Steven C ^c   Fahy, John ^c   Ward, Theresa ^c   Wong, Hofer ^c   Hurd, Suzanne ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Data Coordinating Center ^*

^d Data Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032977066     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(99)70484-7     Document Type: Article

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