Airway distensibility in healthy and asthmatic subjects: Effect of lung volume history

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1413-1420

  Johns, David Peter ^a,c   Wilson, John ^a   Harding, Richard ^b   Walters, E Haydn ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway compliance; Airway remodeling; Anatomic dead space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG DEAD SPACE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0034006012     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.4.1413     Document Type: Article

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