Analyzing bronchodilation with emphasis on disease type, age and sex

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 563-571

  Goedhart, Dick M ^a   Zanen, Pieter ^b   Lammers, Jan Willem J ^b  

^a CARDIALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b University Medical Center   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Analysis of variance; Asthma; Bronchodilation; COPD; Residuals

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 9944235042     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2004.08.006     Document Type: Article

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