Vitamin C and E for asthma and exercise-induced bronchoconstriction

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Hart, Anna ^b   Milan, Stephen J ^c   Sugumar, Karnam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 85041673129     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010749     Document Type: Article

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