Prevalence of upper and lower airway symptoms: The Skövde population-based study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-488

  Åkerlund, Anders ^a   Millqvist, Eva ^b   Öberg, Dan ^c   Bende, Mats ^c  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cough; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Nasal symptoms; Peak nasal inspiratory flow; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE SECRETION; PEAK NASAL INSPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646507104     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500416835     Document Type: Article

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