Asthma outcomes: Pulmonary physiology

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Tepper, Robert S ^a   Wise, Robert S ^b   Covar, Ronina ^c   Irvin, Charles G ^d   Kercsmar, Carolyn M ^e   Kraft, Monica ^f   Liu, Mark C ^b   O'Connor, George T ^g   Peters, Stephen P ^h   Sorkness, Ronald ⁱ   Togias, Alkis ^j  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Author keywords

airway responsiveness; gas exchange; lung volumes; peak expiratory flow monitoring; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; HUMANS; LUNG; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857847940     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.12.986     Document Type: Article

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