Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Beyond the forced expiratory manoeuvre

Respiration

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-137

  Agustí, Alvar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANEMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HYPERINFLATION; HYPOXEMIA; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 40549141427     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113612     Document Type: Editorial

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