Gender and age differences in the relative burden of rhinitis and asthma on health-related quality of life-A Swedish population study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1291-1298

  Larsson, Ulf ^a   Taft, Charles ^b   Karlsson, Jan ^b   Sullivan, Marianne ^b  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; General population; Health related quality of life; Rhinitis; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247603490     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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