Questionnaire-based characterization of bronchial asthma in the elderly: Analysis in Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Allergology International

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-248

  Suzuki, Eiichi ^a   Hasegawa, Takashi ^a   Koya, Toshiyuki ^a   Mashima, Ichiro ^a   Muramatsu, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kondo, Ariyoshi ^b   Arakawa, Masaaki ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Niigata Asthma Treatment Study Group   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Education; Elderly; Guidelines; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOWMETER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0036972201     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1592.2002.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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