Effect of aromatics on lung mucociliary clearance in patients with chronic airways obstruction

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-249

  Hasani, Amir ^a,b   Pavia, Demetri ^a   Toms, Nathan ^a   Dilworth, Paul ^a   Agnew, John E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CAMPHOR; CINEOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; MENTHOL; PLACEBO; TURPENTINE; VAPORUB;

AEROSOL; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037397710     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10755530360623356     Document Type: Article

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