Exhaled nitric oxide decreases in association with attendance at an asthma summer camp

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-419

  Kaminsky, David A ^a   Rice, Ashlie A ^a   Bissonette, Michael ^a   LaRose, Teresa ^a   Phillips, Lisa ^a   Cohen, Laura ^a   Lahiri, Thomas ^a   Frankowski, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma control; Asthma summer camp; Exhaled nitric oxide; Lung function

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAMPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE CONTROL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CAMPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 45849153539     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900801971842     Document Type: Article

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