A proposed curvilinearity index for quantifying airflow obstruction

Respiratory Care

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-45

  Zheng, Chang Jiang ^a   Adams, Alexander B ^a   McGrail, Michael P ^a,b   Marini, John J ^a   Greaves, Ian A ^b  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature index; Flow volume curve; Forced expiratory volume

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; EXPIRED AIR; FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; LUNG FUNCTION; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33748118434     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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