The role of concomitant respiratory diseases on the rate of decline in FEV1 among adult asthmatics

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Sherrill, Duane ^a,b   Guerra, S ^a   Bobadilla, A ^a   Barbee, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Forced expiratory volume in one second; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037246603     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00017103     Document Type: Article

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