Airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine at age 6 to 8 years in nonasthmatic patients is not related to increased health-care utilization for asthma in the ensuing 5 years: A longitudinal study of a birth cohort

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Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2420-2426

  Siwik, Jaroslaw P ^a,c   Johnson, Christine C ^a   Havstad, Suzanne L ^a   Peterson, Edward L ^a   Ownby, Dennis R ^b   Zoratti, Edward M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Bronson Internal Medicine Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Bronchial reactivity; Cohort; Methacholine

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; METHACHOLINE; NEDOCROMIL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST;

EID: 27144514669     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2420     Document Type: Article

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