The epidemiology of asthma during pregnancy: Prevalence, diagnosis, and symptoms

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-62

  Kwon, Helen L ^a   Triche, Elizabeth W ^b   Belanger, Kathleen ^b   Bracken, Michael B ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ASTHMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344440402     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2005.11.002     Document Type: Review

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