The relation between peripheral blood leukocyte counts and respiratory symptoms, atopy, lung function, and airway responsiveness in adults

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Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 105-114

  Lewis, Sarah A ^a   Pavord, Ian D ^b   Stringer, John R ^a   Knox, Alan J ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^c   Britton, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Basophils; COPD; Eosinophils; IgE; Lung function; Lymphocytes; Monocytes; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BASOPHIL; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035129132     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.105     Document Type: Article

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