Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 99-104 , September 2009

Exercise Testing in Children with Lung Diseases

  • Oon Hoe Teoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
    • ,
  • Daniel Trachsel

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Intensive Care and Pulmonology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Postal Box, 4005 Basel, Switzerland
    • Tel.: +41 61 685 6565; Fax: +41 61 685 5004.
    • ,
  • Meir Mei-Zahav

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Institute, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikwa, Israel
    • Tel.: +972 3 9253654; Fax: +972 3 9253308.
    • ,
  • Hiran Selvadurai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
    • Tel.: +61 2 9845 3395; Fax: +61 2 98453396.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9845 3395; Fax: +61 2 98453396.

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doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2009.06.004

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
Volume 10, Issue 3 , Pages 99-104 , September 2009

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