Assessing airway inflammation

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1031-1032

  Taylor, D Robin ^a   Cowan, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIRWAY; ASTHMA; EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649629907     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.132985     Document Type: Editorial

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