title: Endogenous and exogenous sex steroid hormones in asthma and allergy in females: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
authors.affiliation: Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.|School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Bright I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Nwaru
authors.affiliation: Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Ulugbek
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nurmatov
authors.affiliation: Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: Aziz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sheikh
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006304:Health Status; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D015994:Incidence; D008572:Menarche / Q000378:metabolism*; D008593:Menopause / Q000378:metabolism*; D015995:Prevalence; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents; D003278:Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones
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