Prevalence of bronchial hyper-responsiveness in the southern, central and northern parts of Sweden

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 480-487

  Norrman, E ^a   Plaschke, P ^b   Bjornsson E ^c   Rosenhall, L ^d   Lundback B ^e   Jansson, C ^c   Lindholm, N ^b   Boman, G ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031965501     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90295-5     Document Type: Article

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