Perimenstrual increase in bronchial hyperreactivity in premenopausal women: Results from the population-based SAPALDIA 2 cohort

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 823-829

  Dratva, Julia ^a   Schindler, Christian ^a   Curjuric, Ivan ^a   Stolz, Daiana ^b   Macsali, Ferenc ^c   Gomez, Francisco Real ^c   Zemp, Elisabeth ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asthma; bronchial hyperreactivity; epidemiology; menstruation; methacholine challenge test; oral contraceptives; premenstrual

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950300255     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.12.938     Document Type: Article

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