Commentary on Viewpoint: Use of mean airspace chord length to assess emphysema [14]

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1982-

  Greaves, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS DIAMETER; LUNG ALVEOLUS SURFACE TENSION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEAN AIRSPACE CHORD LENGTH; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; YOUNG MODULUS; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 57349190570     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.vpcomm.zdg-8294.2008     Document Type: Letter

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