Measurement of exhaled nitric oxide in healthy adults

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-69

  Maestrelli, Piero ^a   Ferrazzoni, Silvia ^a   Visentin, Annalisa ^a   Marian, Emanuela ^a   Dal Borgo, Davide ^a   Accordino, Rosalba ^a   Fabbri, Leonardo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomic dead space; Asthma; Body size; Lung function; Normal values; Weight

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DEAD SPACE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE BREATH NITROGEN TEST; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 36549059173     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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