Relationship between increased airway responsiveness and asthma severity in the childhood asthma management program

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-56

  Weiss, Scott T ^a,b,c   Van Natta, Mark L ^a,b,c   Zeiger, Robert S ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033940777     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9811005     Document Type: Article

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