Smoking and airway inflammation in patients with mild asthma

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1917-1922

  Chalmers, George W ^a   MacLeod, Kirsten J ^a   Thomson, Lorna ^a   Little, Stuart A ^a   McSharry, Charles ^a   Thomson, Neil C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Asthma; Interleukin 8; Neutrophils; Smoking

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035684297     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.1917     Document Type: Article

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