Association of excess weight and degree of airway responsiveness in asthmatics and non-asthmatics

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 447-452

  Sood, Akshay ^a   Verhulst, Steven J ^b   Varma, Adarsh ^c   Eagleton, Lanie E ^b   Henkle, Joseph Q ^b   Hopkins Price, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Airway responsiveness; Asthma; Methacholine challenge; Obesity

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PROVOCATION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748474778     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600758309     Document Type: Article

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