Specifications for equipment used for infant pulmonary function testing

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 731-740

  Frey, U ^a   Stocks, J ^a   Coates, A ^a   Sly, P ^a   Bates, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equipment hardware Infants; Lung function standardization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SAFETY; SAMPLING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATA COLLECTION; DOCUMENTATION; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAINTENANCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033773074     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.16d28.x     Document Type: Article

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