Marching to the beat of different drummers: Individual airway response diversity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-194

  Brown, R H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; METHACHOLINE; NITROGEN 13;

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; AIRWAY CONSTRICTION; ASTHMA; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING MUSCLE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESISTANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344717891     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00056904     Document Type: Editorial

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