Unravelling the small airways: Structure-function-treatment relationships in Asthma and COPD

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-3

  Usmani, Omar S ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRWAY; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANATOMY; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PHARMACOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84863513518     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339338     Document Type: Review

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