Atypical bacterial pneumonia and asthma risk

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 863-868

  Sutherland, E Rand ^a,b   Brandorff, Jennifer M ^a   Martin, Richard J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chlamydia; Epidemiology; Mycoplasma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 10944255777     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-200038477     Document Type: Article

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