Subjects with seasonal allergic rhinitis and nonrhinitic subjects react differentially to nasal provocation with chlorine gas

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 6 II, 1998, Pages 732-740

  Shusterman, Dennis J ^a,c   Murphy, Mary Alice ^b   Balmes, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasal irritation; Rhinomanometry; Seasonal allergic rhinitis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE IRRITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOMANOMETRY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TISSUE REACTION;

EID: 0031866453     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-6749(98)70302-1     Document Type: Article

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