The measurement of exhaled carbon monoxide is influenced by airflow obstruction

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 177-180

  Togores, B ^a   Bosch, M ^a   Agusti A G N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lung function; Smoking; Spirometry; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0033959378     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15a32.x     Document Type: Article

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