Quality of life and capsaicin sensitivity in patients with airway symptoms induced by chemicals and scents: A longitudinal study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Ternesten Hasséus, Ewa ^a   Lowhagen, Olle ^a   Millqvist, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Capsaicin; Cough; Environment; Health related quality of life; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Sensory hyperreactivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CAPSAICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; CAPSAICIN; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 34147124544     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9624     Document Type: Article

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