The Tottori-Ken Seibu earthquake and exacerbation of asthma in adults

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 80-84

  Tomita, Katsuyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Yasuyuki ^a   Watanabe, Masanari ^a   Sano, Hiroyuki ^a   Hitsuda, Yutaka ^a   Shimizu, Ehiji ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Earthquake; Exacerbation; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; DISASTER; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15544373301     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.52.80     Document Type: Article

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