Milk Consumption Does Not Lead to Mucus Production or Occurrence of Asthma

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue , 2005, Pages 547S-555S

  Wüthrich, Brunello ^a   Schmid, Alexandra ^b   Walther, Barbara ^b   Sieber, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Dairy Research Station   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asthma; Dairy products; Milk; Mucus formation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRY PRODUCT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MILK PRODUCTION; MUCUS GLAND; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METABOLISM; MILK; MUCUS; NOSE MUCOSA; PERCEPTION; SECRETION;

RHINOVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ASTHMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MILK; MUCUS; NASAL MUCOSA; PERCEPTION;

EID: 33644842302     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2005.10719503     Document Type: Article

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