Exhaled breath condensate pH in adult Croatian population without respiratory disorders: How healthy a population should be to provide normative data?

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Varnai, Veda M ^a   Ljubičić, Anita ^a   Prester, Ljerka ^a   MacAn, Jelena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Atopy; Bronchial reactivity; EBC pH; Health criteria; Sex; Skin prick test; Smoking

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; PRICK TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST; SMOKING HABIT;

BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SMOKING;

EID: 63849320934     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1897     Document Type: Article

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