Educational intervention decreases exhaled nitric oxide in farmers with occupational asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 545-548

  Dressel, H ^a   Gross, C ^a   De La Motte, D ^a   Sultz J ^b   Jorres R A ^a   Nowak, D ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Pneumology and Occupational Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Educational intervention; Exhaled nitric oxide; Occupational asthma; Respiratory symptoms; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; EXPIRED AIR; FARMER LUNG; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; FARMER'S LUNG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 38449122285     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00023807     Document Type: Article

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