Reduced pH and chloride levels in exhaled breath condensate of patients with chronic cough

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 608-612

  Niimi, A ^b   Nguyen, L T ^b   Usmani, O ^b   Mann, B ^b   Chung, K F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; EXHALATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RHINITIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CAPSAICIN; CHLORIDES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; RHINITIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 3142624679     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.012906     Document Type: Article

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