Effects of high altitude on bronchial asthma;Asthmatherapie im hochgebirgsklima

Pneumologie

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Schultze Werninghaus, G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; NITROGEN OXIDE; STEROID;

ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLIMATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL; EXHALATION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG FUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ASTHMA; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLIMATE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 41149130704     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1016442     Document Type: Review

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