Induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 2 I, 2000, Pages 475-478

  Belda, Jose ^a   Leigh, Richard ^a   Parameswaran, Krishnan ^a   O'Byrne, Paul M ^a   Sears, Malcolm R ^a   Hargreave, Frederick E ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOMETRY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034109839     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.2.9903097     Document Type: Article

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