Raised exhaled nitric oxide in healthy children is associated with domestic formaldehyde levels

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1757-1759

  Franklin, Peter ^a,b   Dingle, Peter ^a   Stick, Stephen ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0034027612     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.161.5.9905061     Document Type: Article

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