Annual variability in methacholine responsiveness in nonasthmatic working adults

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2515-2521

  Beckett, W S ^a,d   Pace, P A ^a   Sferlazza, S J ^a   Carey, V J ^b   Weiss, S T ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway reactivity; Methacholine challenge; Occupational asthma; Professional asthma; Respiratory disease epidemiology

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031460498     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10112515     Document Type: Article

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