Exhaled nitric oxide in occupational respiratory medicine and environmental health: State of art

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 1820-1842

  Corradi, Massimo ^a   Gergelova, Petra ^b   Goldoni, Matteo ^a   Mutti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Trnava University   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

exhaled nitric oxide; occupational and environmental respiratory diseases

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXHALED BREATHS; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; HEALTHY POPULATION; NITRIC OXIDE MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

DIAGNOSIS; MONITORING;

NITRIC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINE; ENDOTOXIN; FLAVORING AGENT; ISOCYANATE; LATEX; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; OZONE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASTHMA; BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINERAL DUST; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ORGANIC DUST; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 80051778790     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2010.495636     Document Type: Article

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