Placebo-controlled challenges with perfume in patients with asthma-like symptoms

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 434-439

  Millqvist, E ^a   Lowhagen O ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asthma like symptoms; carbon filter; hyperreactivity; scents

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; PERFUME; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; MALE; MASK; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0029814663     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb04644.x     Document Type: Article

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