Association between air pollution exposure and exhaled nitric oxide in an elderly population

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-209

  Adamkiewicz, G ^a,b   Ebelt, S ^a   Syring, M ^b   Slater, J ^c   Speizer, F E ^a,b   Schwartz, J ^a,b   Suh, H ^a   Gold, D R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRWAY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; OHIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 1542405174     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.2003.006445     Document Type: Article

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