The role of impulse oscillometry in assessment of airway obstruction in smokers and ex-smokers
Background: Impulse oscillometry provides useful clinical information that prominently includes functional assessment of small, peripheral airway behavior beyond that available from commonly used pulmonary function tests (PFT). The aim of this study was to assess the role of impulse oscillometry in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-10-01
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Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763812000714 |