Environmental exposures, nitric oxide synthase genes, and exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 812-819

  Spanier, Adam J ^a   Kahn, Robert S ^a   Hornung, Richard W ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Sun, Guangyun ^b   Lierl, Michelle B ^a   Lanphear, Bruce P ^a,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air nicotine; Allergen; Asthma; Exhaled nitric oxide; Inhaled corticosteroid; Nitric oxide synthase; Sensitization; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NICOTINE; NITRIC OXIDE; STEROID; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 68049091712     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21071     Document Type: Article

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