Differences in trigger factors and symptoms between patients with asthma-like symptoms and patients with asthma: Development of a basis for a questionnaire

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 305-311

  Ringsberg, K C ^a,b   Bjarneman P ^c   Lowhagen O ^c   Oden A ^d   Toren K ^c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d 442 92 Romelanda ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma like; Epidemiology; Hyperventilation; Prevalence; Sensory airway hyper reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DUST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ODOR; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM; WEATHER;

EID: 0036587044     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1281     Document Type: Article

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