Immediate and delayed effects of nitrogen dioxide exposure at an ambient level on bronchial responsiveness to histamine in subjects with asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 733-740

  Strand, V ^a   Salomonsson, P ^a   Lundahl, J ^a   Bylin, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; bronchial responsiveness; inflammatory markers; lung function

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHYMASES; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PEROXIDASE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RIBONUCLEASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TIME FACTORS; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0030011623     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040733     Document Type: Article

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