Prevalence of wheeze, bronchial hyper-responsiveness and asthma in the elderly Chinese

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 702-707

  Choy, D K L ^a   Hui, D S C ^a   Li, S T ^a   Ko, F W S ^a   Ho, S ^a   Woo, J ^a   Lai, C K W ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Takshing House   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Elderly; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

AGE; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CHINESE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPHYSEMA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING; ASIAN; ASTHMA; ETHNOLOGY; HONG KONG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MONGOLOID RACE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS;

EID: 0035999851     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2002.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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