Exhaled nitric oxide: A novel biomarker of adverse respiratory health effects in epidemiological studies

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 418-423

  van Amsterdam, Jan G C ^a   Nierkens, Stefan ^b   Vos, Sjef G ^b   Opperhuizen, Antoon ^a   Loveren, Henkvan ^b   Steerenberg, Peter A ^b  

^a Lab Hlth Effects Res Natl I   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergy; Asthma; Biomarker; Exhaled air; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH HOLDING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXERCISE; EXPIRED AIR; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG DISEASE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUNG DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034318955     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009604040     Document Type: Article

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