Asthma in Italian conscripts: A four year study

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Vizzaccaro, Andrea ^a,b   Cirillo, Ignazio ^a,b   Tosca, Maria Angela ^b   Milanese, Manlio ^b   Ciprandi, Giorgio ^b  

^a Navy Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Italian conscripts; Underdiagnosis; Undertreatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0037958614     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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