Two variants of occupational asthma separable by exhaled breath nitric oxide level

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 873-879

  Moore, Vicky C ^a   Anees, Wasif ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b,c   Burge, Cedd B S G ^a   Robertson, Alastair S ^a,d   Burge, P Sherwood ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exhaled nitric oxide; Non specific bronchial reactivity; Occupational asthma; Peak expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREATH ANALYSIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; ASTHMA; CLASSIFICATION; EXHALATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952287943     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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