Asthma in the elderly: Cockroach sensitization and severity of airway obstruction in elderly nonsmokers

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1580-1586

  Rogers, Linda ^a   Cassino, Cara ^a   Berger, Kenneth I ^a   Goldring, Roberta M ^a   Norman, Robert G ^a   Klugh, Thomas ^a   Reibman, Joan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cockroach; Elderly; FEV1; IgE

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; COCKROACH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RAGWEED; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036434873     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.5.1580     Document Type: Article

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