Tethering tracheobronchial airways within the lungs

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-3

  Plopper, Charles G ^a   Nishio, Susan J ^a   Schelegle, Edward S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; STRETCH RECEPTOR; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

BRONCHI; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SMOKING; TRACHEA;

EID: 0037216630     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2211002     Document Type: Editorial

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