Exhaled Breath Condensate pH Assays

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 597-606

  Hunt, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AIRWAY; ALKALINITY; ANATOMY; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXHALATION; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SAMPLING; VOLATILIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; BREATH TESTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 35748955539     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2007.09.006     Document Type: Review

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