Relation of bronchial responsiveness to body mass index in the ECRHS

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1028-1033

  Chinn, Sue ^a   Jarvis, D ^a   Burney, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; METHACHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHI; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OBESITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0036900396     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.12.1028     Document Type: Article

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