Heliox redux

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 673-676

  Kass, Jonathan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Div of Pulmon/Critical Care Med   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIOX; HELIUM;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037335883     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3.673     Document Type: Editorial

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