Usual dietary salt intake and asthma in children: A case-control study

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Demissie, Kitaw ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^a   Donald, Katherine Gray ^b   Joseph, Lawrence ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchial hyperresponsiveness; Children; Salt intake

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT INTAKE;

EID: 0030047344     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.1.59     Document Type: Article

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