The FEF25-75/FVC ratio is associated with methacholine airway responsiveness: The normative aging study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1574-1579

  Litonjua, Augusto A ^a,b   Sparrow, David ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; AGING; BRONCHOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRONCHI; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MAXIMAL MIDEXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; TRACHEA; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033124465     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.5.9803063     Document Type: Article

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