Nasal contribution to exhaled nitric oxide at rest and during breathholding in humans

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 829-836

  Kimberly, Brent ^a   Nejadnik, Bijan ^a   Giraud, George D ^a   Holden, William E ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGLOTTIS; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH BREATHING; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE BREATHING; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030061723     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.2.8564139     Document Type: Article

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