Symptoms and objective measures to define the asthma phenotype

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-7

  Britton, J ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOCONSTRICTING AGENT;

ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031966178     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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