Exhaled nitric oxide levels in military recruits with new onset asthma

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 493-498

  Arora, Rajiv ^a   Thornblade, Carl E ^a   Dauby, Pierre Alain L ^a   Flanagan, Joseph W ^a   Bush, Anneke C ^a   Hagan, Larry L ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845472886     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2006.27.2904     Document Type: Article

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