Bronchial reactivity and dietary antioxidants

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-170

  Soutar, Anne ^a   Seaton, Anthony ^a   Brown, Katrina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidants; asthma; bronchial reactivity; diet; hay fever

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0031034598     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.2.166     Document Type: Article

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