Effect of aging on the concentrations of nitrous oxide in exhaled air

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 133-137

  Mitsui, T ^a   Kato, N ^b   Shimaoka, K ^a   Miyamura, M ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chukyo Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Denitrification; Exhaled air; IR PAS; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHILD; DENITRIFICATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BACTERIA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 0031551935     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00267-2     Document Type: Article

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