Environmental influence on the measurement of exhaled nitric oxide concentration in school children: Special reference to methodology

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-36

  Murata, Akira ^a   Kida, Kouzui ^a   Hasunuma, Hideki ^b   Kanegae, Hiroshi ^b   Ishimaru, Yasushi ^b   Motegi, Takashi ^a   Yamada, Kouichi ^a   Yoshioka, Hiroko ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Kudoh, Shoji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Center for Environmental Information Science

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Epidemiological study; Exhaled nitric oxide; Nitrogen oxides; Short term exposure

Indexed keywords

2 PYENYL 4,4,5,5 TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE 3 OXIDE 1 OXYL; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847648771     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.74.30     Document Type: Article

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