Quality of life during pollen season in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis with or without asthma

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-286

  Laforest, Laurent ^a   Bousquet, Jean ^b   Pietri, Guilhem ^c   Kocevar, Vasilisa Sazonov ^d   Yin, Donald ^d   Pacheco, Yves ^a   Van Ganse, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTAZOLINE; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; EYE DROPS; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRASS; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; POLLEN ALLERGY; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAGWEED POLLEN; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAGWEED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POACEAE; POLLEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 16444375361     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083955     Document Type: Article

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