Commentary on "The role of the large airways on smooth muscle contraction in asthma" [9]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1465-

  Thompson, Bruce ^a   King, Greg ^b   Harding, Richard ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITROGEN; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35348931562     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00696.2007     Document Type: Letter

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