Prevalence of untreated asthma in a population sample of 6000 older adults in Bristol, UK

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 472-476

  Dow, L ^a   Fowler, L ^a   Phelps, L ^a   Waters, K ^b   Coggon, D ^c   Kinmonth, A L ^e   Holgate, S T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Elderly; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035004737     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.6.472     Document Type: Article

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