Longitudinal monitoring of lung injury in children after acute chlorine exposure in a swimming pool

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-549

  Bonetto, Gea ^b   Corradi, Massimo ^b   Carraro, Silvia ^b   Zanconato, Stefania ^b   Alinovi, Rossella ^b   Folesani, Giuseppina ^b   Da Dalt, Liviana ^b   Mutti, Antonio ^b   Baraldi, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chlorine inhalation; Exhaled breath condensate; Exhaled nitric oxide; Pneumoproteinemia; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; LEUKOTRIENE B4;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SWIMMING POOL;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LEUKOTRIENES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SWIMMING POOLS; UTEROGLOBIN; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 33748304168     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200509-1392OC     Document Type: Article

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