Reference equations for specific airway resistance in children: The Asthma UK initiative

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 622-629

  Kirkby, J ^a   Stanojevic, S ^a   Welsh, L ^a   Lum, S ^a   Badier, M ^e   Beardsmore, C ^b   Custovic, A ^c   Nielsen, K ^f   Paton, J ^d   Tomalak, W ^g   Stocks, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^g INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airway resistance; Children; Lung function; Plethysmography; Preschool children; Reference values

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESISTANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956574546     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00135909     Document Type: Article

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