Effects of the indoor environment on the fraction of exhaled nitric oxide in school-aged children

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kovesi, Thomas A ^a   Dales, Robert E ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Allergens; Child; Indoor heating; Nitrix oxide analysis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRED AIR; HEATING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING;

EID: 70350151334     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/954382     Document Type: Article

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