Bronchial responsiveness of non-smoking women exposed to environmental tobacco smoke or biomass fuel combustion

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 104, Issue DEC., 1996, Pages 359-364

  Jindal, S K ^a   Gupta, D ^a   D'Souza, G A ^a,b   Kalra, S ^a,c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass fuels; bronchial responsiveness; bronchoprovocation tests; environmental tobacco smoke; methacholine

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIOMASS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FEMALE; FUEL OILS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION;

EID: 0030459636     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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