Small airway morphology and lung function in the transition from normality to chronic airway obstruction

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 441-447

  Corsico, Angelo ^b   Milanese, Manlio ^a   Baraldo, Simonetta ^c   Casoni, Gian Luca ^d   Papi, Alberto ^d   Riccio, Anna Maria ^a   Cerveri, Isa ^b   Saetta, Marina ^c   Brusasco, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway closure; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Deep inhalation; Interdependence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037633017     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01018.2002     Document Type: Article

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