Relationship between Ambient Ozone and Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Children [6]

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2546-2547

  Nickmilder, Marc ^a   Carbonnelle, Sylviane ^a   De Burbure, Claire ^a   Bernard, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRWAY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0344420332     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.19.2546-a     Document Type: Letter

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