Breath-holding Measurement of Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity; Comparison of a Field Test with Steady-state and Other Methods of Measurement

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Journal J Physiol

Specialty Physiology

Date 1958 May 28

PMID 13550249

Citations 8

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R J Shephard

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