A 15-year follow-up study of ventilatory function in adults with asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1194-200

  Lange, Peter ^a,b,c   Parner, Jan ^a,b   Vestbo, Jørgen ^a,b   Schnohr, Peter ^a   Jensen, Gorm ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 0032558685     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810223391703     Document Type: Article

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