Characteristic modifications of the peripheral airways in patients with bronchial asthma in areas with air pollution

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-209

  Tanaka, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Bronchial asthma; Peripheral airway; Ultrathin bronchofibrescopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOKYO;

EID: 0033916509     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00250.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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