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. 1955 Sep;34(9):1417–1426. doi: 10.1172/JCI103191

A MODIFICATION OF THE KROGH CARBON MONOXIDE BREATH HOLDING TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATING THE DIFFUSING CAPACITY OF THE LUNG; A COMPARISON WITH THREE OTHER METHODS 1

R E Forster 1,2,3,4,5, J E Cohn 1,2,3,4,5,2, W A Briscoe 1,2,3,4,5,3, W S Blakemore 1,2,3,4,5,4, R L Riley 1,2,3,4,5
PMCID: PMC438715  PMID: 13252089

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