Daily monitoring of asthmatics by means of individual devices for exhaled breath temperature measurement

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-48

  Popov, T A ^a   Kralimarkova, T Z ^a   Lazarova, C T ^a   Tzachev, C T ^a   Dimitrov, V D ^a   Gill, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Exhaled breath temperature; Indices of asthma control

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY INFLAMMATION; ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; ASTHMA CONTROL; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOWS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SIMPLE INSTRUMENTS; TEMPERATURE INDEX;

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

PATHOLOGY;

EID: 72349097953     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2035664     Document Type: Article

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