Exhaled breath condensates in asthma: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications

Journal of Breath Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kazani, Shamsah ^a   Israel, Elliot ^a  

^a PBB Clinics 3   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID;

ASTHMA; BREATH ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; EXPIRED AIR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; EXHALATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PH; SMOKING;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 78649842917     PISSN: 17527155     EISSN: 17527163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1752-7155/4/4/047001     Document Type: Review

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