The diagnosis of asthma in older patients

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Enright, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE PLUS SALBUTAMOL SULFATE; METHACHOLINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SALBUTAMOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 25444453204     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: 15210499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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