Allergen inhalation challenge in smoking compared with non-smoking asthmatic subjects

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1084-1090

  Meghji, Z ^a   Dua, B ^a   Watson, R M ^a   Gauvreau, G M ^a   O'Byrne, P M ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Allergic asthma; Cigarette smoking; Eosinophils; Methacholine; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CIGARETTE SMOKE; METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COTININE; HUMANS; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SPUTUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960403245     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2011.03782.x     Document Type: Article

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