A jack-in-the-box of respiratory research: Is the technique of barometric whole body plethysmography a disappointing surprise?

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-251

  van den Hoven, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASCARIS SUUM; BAROMETRIC WHOLE BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSPASM; CALCULATION; CAT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EDITORIAL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CATS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847034744     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2006.02.004     Document Type: Editorial

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