Can peak expiratory flow measurements estimate small airway function in asthmatic children?

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 482-488

  Goldberg, Shmuel ^a   Springer, Chaim ^a   Avital, Avraham ^a   Godfrey, Simon ^a   Bar Yishay, Ephraim ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

FEV1; Forced expiratory flow at 50 of vital capacity; Lung function tests

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEASUREMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0034829467     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.482     Document Type: Article

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