Impaired exercise ventilatory efficiency in smokers with low transfer factor but normal spirometry

Gisele Walter Barbosa, J. Alberto Neder, Karina Utida, Denis E. O'Donnell, Paulo de Tarso Müller

Source: Eur Respir J , 49 (3) 1602511; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02511-2016
Journal Issue: March
Disease area: Airway diseases

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