Standardisation of lung function testing: Helpful guidance from the ATS/ERS Task Force

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 744-746

  Laszlo, Gabriel ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; HELIUM; NITROGEN; SALBUTAMOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 33748571115     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.061648     Document Type: Editorial

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