Exhaled nitric oxide and airway hyperresponsiveness in workers: A preliminary study in lifeguards

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Demange, Valérie ^a   Bohadana, Abraham ^b,c   Massin, Nicole ^a   Wild, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRACTIONAL EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HUMAN; LIFEGUARD; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SWIMMING POOL;

EID: 74549207403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-53     Document Type: Article

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