Is nitric oxide in exhaled air produced at airway or alveolar level?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1021-1025

  Byrnes, C A ^a   Dinarevic, S ^a   Busst, C ^a   Bush, A ^a   Shinebourne, E A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

airway inflammation; chemiluminescence; exhalation; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030994089     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10051021     Document Type: Article

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