Physiology and testing of respiratory muscles

Clinical Respiratory Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 135-146

  Vassilakopoulos, Theodoros ^a   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

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EID: 84876052296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-032304825-5.10008-X     Document Type: Chapter

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