International archives of occupational and environmental health
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Int Arch Occup Environ Health · Jun 2002
Comparative StudyAssociation between exhaled nitric oxide, ambient air pollution and respiratory health in school children.
The aim of the study was to investigate whether the level of exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) provides a more sensitive measure to assess adverse pulmonary effects of air pollution than conventional lung function indices. ⋯ Though clinically very meaningful, functional pulmonary measures appear to be too course to detect relatively mild clinical symptoms in response to exposure to air pollution. In an epidemiological setting the increase in eNO may represent a more suitable measure to assess such adverse effects.