Lung volume: A principle determinant of airway smooth muscle function

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-5

  Irvin, Charles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DIET; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE FUNCTION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

EID: 0041810550     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00035703     Document Type: Editorial

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