Identifying asthma in population studies: From single entity to a multi-component approach

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-5

  Marks, G B ^a  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 21744453189     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00055305     Document Type: Editorial

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