Portable exhaled nitric oxide measurement: Comparison with the "gold standard" technique

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 410-414

  Menzies, Daniel ^a   Nair, Arun ^a   Lipworth, Brian J ^a,b  

^a Asthma and Allergy Research Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Exhaled nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 33847173419     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-1335     Document Type: Article

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