Variations in the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, self-reported asthma attacks, and use of asthma medication in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS)

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 687-695

  Burney, P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; asthma symptoms; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0029995516     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09040687     Document Type: Article

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