Does a low sodium diet improve asthma control?: A randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Pogson, Zara E K ^a   Antoniak, Marilyn D ^a   Pacey, Sarah J ^b   Lewis, Sarah A ^a   Britton, John R ^a   Fogarty, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma management; Controlled trials; Sodium

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METHACHOLINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SODIUM URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 46849106929     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200802-287OC     Document Type: Article

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