Endogenous cortisol and lung damage in a predominantly smoking population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 755-759

  Clark, Kimberley D ^a   Wardrobe Wong, Nigel ^a   Snashall, Phillip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG INJURY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033062394     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.3.9709095     Document Type: Article

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