Do patients with severe asthma run an increased risk from ischaemic heart disease?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 617-620

  Torén, Kjell ^a   Lindholm, Nalle B ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Confounding; Corticosteroids; Epidemiology; Prognosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029956331     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.3.617     Document Type: Article

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