Severe asthma in the general population: Definition and prevalence;Asthme sévère en population générale: Définitions et prévalence

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 5 I, 2004, Pages 961-969

  Siroux, V ^a,b   Pin, I ^b   Pison, C ^b   Kauffmann, F ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Prevalence; Public health; Severity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 10644250036     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0761-8425(04)71478-3     Document Type: Article

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