Trends in symptoms of obstructive lung disease in Norway

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1416-1422

  Brøgger, Jan ^a,b   Bakke, P ^a   Eide, G E ^a,b   Johansen, B ^c   Andersen, A R ^d   Gulsvik, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asthma epidemiology; Cross sectional studies; Epidemiology trends; Respiratory signs and symptoms; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 11244321923     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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