The natural history of respiratory symptoms in a cohort of adolescents

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 352-357

  Withers, Nicholas J ^a,b   Low, Lorraine ^a   Holgate, Stephen T ^a   Clouch, Joanne B ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031821611     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9705079     Document Type: Article

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