12-year change in prevalence of respiratory symptoms in elderly Chinese living in Hong Kong

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1598-1607

  Ko, Fanny W S ^a   Lai, Christopher K W ^a   Woo, Jean ^b   Ho, Suzanne C ^b   Ho, Catherine W M ^a   Goggins, William ^b   Hui, David S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic bronchitis; Emphysema; Respiratory symptoms; Time trend

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHINESE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; WHEEZING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS, CHRONIC; CHINA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 33746216622     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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