Peak expiratory flow profiles delivered by pump systems: Limitations clue to wave action

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1887-1896

  Miller, Martin R ^a,b,c,d   Jones, Barrie ^a,b,c   Xu, Yong ^a,b,c   Pedersen, Ole Find ^a,b,c   Quanjer, Philip H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETER; GAS FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0034088295     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.6.9805085     Document Type: Article

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