The European respiratory health survey and the Italian study on asthma in young adults: Goals, design and main results up to date

Italian Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 100-111

  Bugiani, M ^a,b   Carosso, A ^c   De Marco, R ^d  

^a Pneumology Unit   (Italy)

^b Steering Comity of ISAYA ^*

^c ASL4 Turin   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Epidemiology; Respiratory health

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35148850288     PISSN: 11206373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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