Differences in incidence of reported asthma related to age in men and women: A retrospective analysis of the data of the European Respiratory Health Survey

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-74

  De Marco, Roberto ^a,b,c,d   Locatelli, Francesca ^a,b,c   Sunyer, Jordy ^a,b,c   Burney, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Istituti Biologici 2   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033943911     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9907008     Document Type: Article

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