Seasonal Changes in Endotoxin Exposure and Its Relationship to Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Condensate pH Levels in Atopic and Healthy Children

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wan, Gwo Hwa ^a   Yan, Dah Chin ^a,b,e   Tung, Tao Hsin ^c   Tang, Chin Sheng ^d   Liu, Chiu Hsin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHENG HSIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUTUMN; BED; BUILDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHALED BREATH CONDENSATE PH; EXHALED NICTRIC OXIDE LEVEL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KITCHEN; MALE; MAXIMAL MID EXPIRATORY FLOW; PH; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIROMETRY; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; ANALYSIS; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEASON;

NEGIBACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BREATH TESTS; CHILD; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; SEASONS;

EID: 84879242797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066785     Document Type: Article

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