Utility of exhaled breath condensate pH for diagnosing occupational asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-320

  Munoz X ^a,b   Velasco, M I ^a,b   Culebras, M ^a   Roca, O ^a,b   Morell, F ^a,b   Cruz, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exhaled breath condensate; Methacholine; Occupational asthma; Peak expiratory flow; Specific inhalation challenge

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC INHALATION CHALLENGE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; BREATH TESTS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867733592     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338287     Document Type: Article

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