Prevalence of asthma among German adults: Analysis of the German national telephone survey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-436

  Hoffmann, Falk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Asthma; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Germany

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 34547235952     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701421922     Document Type: Article

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