Exhaled Breath Condensate: An Overview

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-596

  Hunt, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VOLATILE AGENT;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; AIRWAY; BODY FLUID; BREATH ANALYSIS; DILUTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; OROPHARYNX; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LUNG DISEASES; OROPHARYNX; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 35748969918     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2007.09.001     Document Type: Review

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