Role of endogenous nitric oxide in airflow obstruction in smokers

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 927-929

  Kanazawa, Hiroshi ^a   Shoji, Seiichi ^a   Hirata, Kazuto ^a   Kurihara, Naotsugu ^a   Yoshikawa, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

airflow obstruction; breath holding; epithelial dysfunction; nitric oxide; smoking

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN TEST;

EID: 0030000802     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.4.927     Document Type: Article

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