Enforced mouth breathing decreases lung function in mild asthmatics

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-558

  Hallani, Mervat ^a,b,c   Wheatley, John R ^a,b,c   Amis, Terence C ^a,b,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Nasal; Oral; Physiology; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MOUTH BREATHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOUTH; NOSE; RESPIRATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 44249103532     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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