Risk of acute bronchospasm and bronchial hyperreactivity from inhaled acid aerosol in healthy subjects: Randomized, double-blind controlled trial

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 709-714

  Mirić, Mirjana ^a   Plavec, Davor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Bronchial hyperreactivity; Bronchial spasm; Histamine; Hydrochloric acid; Lung; Propranolol; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PROPRANOLOL;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AEROSOLS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 11144225137     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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