Airway response of asthmatic subjects to inhaled allergen after exposure to pollutants

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1105-1108

  Rusznak, C ^a   Devalia, J L ^a   Davies, R J ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Airway reactivity; Asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029801928     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.11.1105     Document Type: Article

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