Smoking and airway hyperresponsiveness especially in the presence of blood eosinophilia increase the risk to develop respiratory symptoms: A 25- year follow-up study in the general adult population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 259-264

  Jansen, Désirée F ^b   Schouten, Jan P ^b   Vonk, Judith M ^b   Rijcken, Bert ^b   Timens, Wim ^b   Kraan, Jan ^b   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Postma, Dirkje S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING;

EID: 0032794551     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9811015     Document Type: Article

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