Effect of nasal air temperature on FEV1 and specific airways conductance

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 212-217

  Millqvist, E ^a   Johansson, A ^a   Bende, M ^b   Bake, B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Asthma; Healthy subjects; Obstruction; Provocation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COLD AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; NOSE BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034080734     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.2000.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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