Long-term repeatability of exhaled breath condensate pH in asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-381

  Accordino, Rosalba ^a   Visentin, Annalisa ^a   Bordin, Anna ^a   Ferrazzoni, Silvia ^a   Marian, Emanuela ^a   Rizzato, Federico ^a   Canova, Cristina ^a   Venturini, Roberta ^b   Maestrelli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airways biomarkers; Lung function; Respiratory diseases; Seasons

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTUMN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEASONS;

EID: 38749090173     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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