High levels and gender difference of exhaled nitric oxide in Chinese schoolchildren

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 889-893

  Wong, Gary W K ^a   Liu, E K H ^a   Leung, T F ^a   Yung, E ^a   Ko, F W S ^a   Hui, D S C ^a   Fok, T F ^a   Lai, C K W ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 22744434230     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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