Air Pollution is Associated with Increased Level of Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Nonsmoking Healthy Subjects

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Van Amsterdam, Jan G C ^a   Opperhuizen, Antoon ^a   Verlaan, Bert P J ^b   Loveren Van, Henk ^b   Vos, Sjef G ^b   Steerenberg, Peter A ^b   Elzakker, Bernhard G V ^c  

^a Laboratory of Health Effects Research   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Air Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032599817     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602496     Document Type: Article

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