Lung function in paediatrics. Lung function testing in children

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-91

  Dinwiddie, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERGOMETRY; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HELIUM OXYGEN BREATHING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REBREATHING; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77951133277     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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