Clinical studySmall airway disease: An assessment of the tests of peripheral airway function☆
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This work was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service Pulmonary Academic Award HL 38,935-01 A1 from the National Heart Lung Institute to one of us (E.R.M.).
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From the Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Division, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77550.