Longitudinal predictors of airway responsiveness to distilled water: The role of atopy and maternal smoke exposure

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-81

  Studnicka, M ^a   Roithner, B ^b   Gartner, C ^b   Weiss, S T ^c   Neumann, M ^a   Frischer, T ^a,d  

^a Center for Pulmonary Disease   (Austria)

^b ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Asthma; Atopy; Maternal smoking

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; AUSTRIA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; WATER;

EID: 0031814060     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12010075     Document Type: Article

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