Aspects of Respiratory Heat Transfer in Asthma

Farley, Robert (1988) Aspects of Respiratory Heat Transfer in Asthma. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

During the winter some asthma suffers are incapable of exertion without provoking bronchoconstriction. The rate of respiratory heat exchange (RHER) is proposed as a stimulus of exercise induced asthma. A respiratory test was required to determine heat loss sensitivity. A pumped cold air supply was developed (-22

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: Biophysics
• Date of Award: 1988
• Depositing User: Enlighten Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:1988-77767
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 14 Jan 2020 11:53
• Last Modified: 14 Jan 2020 11:53
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/77767