Is bronchial hyperresponsiveness more frequent in women than in men?: A population-based study

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1413-1420

  Leynaert, Bénédicte ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^b   Henry, Christine ^b   Liard, Renata ^b   Neukirch, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0030724547     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.5.9701060     Document Type: Article

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