What symptoms predict the bronchial response to histamine? Evaluation in a community survey of the bronchial symptoms questionnaire (1984) of the international union against tuberculosis and lung disease

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 165-173

  Burney, P G J ^a   Chinn, S ^a   Britton, J R ^b   Tattersfield, A E ^b   Papacosta, A O ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ASTHMA; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENGLAND; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024519281     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.1.165     Document Type: Article

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