Exhaled nitric oxide in a Taiwanese population: Age and lung function as predicting factors

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 772-777

  Liu, Hsu Chung ^a,b   Hsu, Jeng Yuan ^a,c   Cheng, Ya Wen ^c   Chou, Ming Chih ^c  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary function tests; Reference values

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREATH TESTS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 74049101701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60404-6     Document Type: Article

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