Reference ranges for exhaled nitric oxide derived from a random community survey of adults

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-242

  Travers, Justin ^a   Marsh, Suzanne ^a   Aldington, Sarah ^a   Williams, Mathew ^a   Shirtcliffe, Philippa ^a   Pritchard, Alison ^a   Weatherall, Mark ^b   Beasley, Richard ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Nitric oxide; Prediction equations; Reference values; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34547607260     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200609-1346OC     Document Type: Article

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