Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 255-266 , December 2005

Cold air challenge and specific airway resistance in preschool children

  • Kim Gjerum Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Pulmonary Service, Pediatric Clinic I, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 3545 1353.
    • ,
  • Hans Bisgaard

      Affiliations

    • Danish Pediatric Asthma Center, Department of Pediatrics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Gentofte, Copenhagen, Denmark

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2005.09.013

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 255-266 , December 2005

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