Lung Function and Methacholine Responsiveness among Adolescents in an Air-Polluted Area

Respiration

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-59

  Longhini, Erminio ^a   Fanari, Paolo ^a   Giacomotti, Emanuela ^a   Palmulli, Patrizia ^a   Gabrione, Marina ^b   Gori, Daniela ^b   Barlera, Simona ^c   Tognoni, Gianni ^c   Salvadori, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Sesto San Giovanni   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airway challenge testing; Airway hyperresponsiveness; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TEST; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1242284255     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075649     Document Type: Article

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