The distal airways: Are they important in asthma?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1403-1417

  Kraft, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Airway; Asthma; Parenchyma

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

EID: 0033372831     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.14614039     Document Type: Article

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