Exhaled nitric oxide and respiratory symptoms in a community sample of school aged children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1198-1205

  Kovesi, Tom ^a   Dales, Robert ^b,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breath tests; Child; Nitric oxide; Respiratory hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECZEMA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 56849119011     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20927     Document Type: Article

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