Serum cytokine levels, cigarette smoking and airway responsiveness among pregnant women

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 158-164

  Tsunoda, Masashi ^a   Litonjua, Augusto A ^b   Kuniak, Michael P ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^b   Satoh, Toshihiko ^a   Guevarra, Lucille ^a   Tollerud, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial responsiveness; Cytokines; Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; Interferon ; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROVOCATION TEST; SERUM;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; CYTOKINES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037227296     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069008     Document Type: Article

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