Exhaled pentane levels in acute asthma

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 862-865

  Olopade, Christopher O ^a,b   Zakkar, Mohamed ^a   Swedler, William I ^a   Rubinstein, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

airway; gas chromatography; inflammation; lipid peroxidation; peak expiratory flow rate; reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

PENTANE;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030974976     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.862     Document Type: Article

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