Relation between phase of the menstrual cycle and asthma presentations in the emergency department

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 806-809

  Brenner, B E ^a   Holmes, T M ^a   Mazal, B ^a   Camargo Jr , C A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26944440892     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.033928     Document Type: Article

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