Reference values for methacholine reactivity (SAPALDIA study)

Respiratory Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Jayet, Pierre Yves ^a   Schindler, Christian ^b   Künzli, Nino ^b,c   Zellweger, Jean Pierre ^a   Brändli, Otto ^d   Perruchoud, André Paul ^e   Keller, Roland ^f   Schwartz, Joel ^g   Ackermann Liebrich, Ursula ^b   Leuenberger, Philippe ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Zürcher Höhenklinik Wald ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Klinik Barmelweid   (Switzerland)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INHALATION TEST; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STANDARDS; SWITZERLAND;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGORITHMS; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 27844609873     PISSN: 1465993X     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-6-131     Document Type: Article

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