Normative values for exhaled breath condensate pH and its relationship to exhaled nitric oxide in healthy African Americans

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-106

  Hauswirth, David W ^a   Sundy, John S ^b,c   Mervin Blake, Sabrena ^b   Fernandez, Carolyn A ^b   Patch, Kistie B ^b   Alexander, Katie M ^b   Allgood, Sallie ^b   McNair, Patrice D ^b   Levesque, Marc C ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Allergy and Immunology   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asthma; exhaled breath condensate; nitric oxide; nitrite

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PH MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 46049086557     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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