Dietary sodium intake and asthma: An epidemiological and clinical review

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1616-1624

  Mickleborough, Timothy D ^a   Fogarty, A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Alternative treatment; Asthma; Bronchial responsiveness; Dietary sodium; Exercise induced asthma; Exercise induced bronchoconstriction; Review

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SALT INTAKE; SALT LOADING; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION;

ASTHMA; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 33751009913     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.01103.x     Document Type: Review

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