Airway resistance: Synonyms, surrogates, and precision

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hantos, Zoltán ^a   Bates, Jason H T ^b   Irvin, Charles G ^b   Lundblad, Lennart K A ^b   Sly, Peter D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RESIDUAL VOLUME;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 79955023848     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00410.2010     Document Type: Letter

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