Invited editorial on Lung volume and upper airway collapsibility: What does it tell us about pathogenic mechanisms?

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 689-690

  Schwartz, Alan R ^a   Smith, Philip L ^a   Schneider, Hartmut ^a   Patil, Susheel P ^a   Kirkness, Jason P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATELECTASIS; EDITORIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VOLUME; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PULMONARY ATELECTASIS; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 84865779910     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00716.2012     Document Type: Editorial

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