Exhaled nitric oxide as a screening tool for asthma in school children

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-173

  Prasad, Anjani ^a   Langford, Beverly ^a   Stradling, John R ^a   Ho, Ling Pei ^a,b  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Children; Exhaled NO; Screening

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BREATH HOLDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 29844453652     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.039     Document Type: Article

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