A portable device based on the interrupter technique for measuring airway resistance in preschool children

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Derman, Orhan ^a   Yaramis, A ^b   Kirbas, G ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Children; Lung function; Preschool

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRUPTER TECHNIQUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TECHNIQUE; WHEEZING;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3342877702     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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