Vitamin C supplementation for asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kaur, Balvinder ^b   Rowe, Brian H ^c   Arnold, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

*Dietary supplements; Antioxidants *therapeutic use ; Ascorbic acid *therapeutic use ; Asthma *drug therapy ; Humans; Randomized controlled trials as topic

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 70249094244     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000993.pub3     Document Type: Review

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