Variations in exhaled nitric oxide in children with asthma during a 1-week stay in a mountain village sanatorium

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 453-458

  Barreto, Mario ^a   Rennerova, Zuzana ^b   Montesano, Marilisa ^a   Alterio, Arianna ^a   Trubacova, Dagmar ^b   Ronchetti, Roberto ^a   Villa, Maria Pia ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Srobar Institute for Children Respiratory Diseases   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Exhaled nitric oxide; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENT; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; RELATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIROMETRY; SUMMER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMAL EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 46949087680     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802040035     Document Type: Article

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