Epidemiology of asthma

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-15

  Lugogo, Njira L ^a   Kraft, Monica ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ABSENTEEISM; ASTHMA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEREDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644887711     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2005.10.006     Document Type: Review

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