Increased risk of asthma attacks and emergency visits among asthma patients with allergic rhinitis: A subgroup analysis of the improving asthma control trial

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 723-727

  Bousquet, J ^a   Gaugris, S ^b   Kocevar, Vasilisa Sazonov ^c   Zhang, Q ^c   Yin, D D ^c   Polos, P G ^c   Bjermer, L ^d  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Attack; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; MONTELUKAST; SALMETEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

ACETATES; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUINOLINES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21844431891     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2005.02251.x     Document Type: Article

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