Effects of inhalation of thermal water on exhaled breath condensate in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiration

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Guarnieri, Gabriella ^a   Ferrazzoni, Silvia ^a   Scarpa, Maria Cristina ^a   Lalli, Alberto ^b   Maestrelli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Centro Studi Termali Pietro D'Abano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosol therapy; Leukotriene B4; Lung function; Normal saline; Pulmonary inflammation

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE B4; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPIRED AIR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL WATER;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; BREATH TESTS; BROMIDES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IODINE; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; WATER;

EID: 76749100625     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000227801     Document Type: Article

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