Equipment for multiple breath washout

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 458-

  Fuchs, S I ^a,b   Gappa, M ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MARIEN HOSPITAL WESEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERT GAS;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFRARED RADIATION; LETTER; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE BREATH WASHOUT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAFETY; SENSOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 76149106521     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00159509     Document Type: Letter

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