Role of symptoms and lung function in determining asthma control in smokers with asthma

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-135

  Chaudhuri, R ^a   McSharry, C ^a   McCoard, A ^a   Livingston, E ^a   Hothersall, E ^a   Spears, M ^a   Lafferty, J ^a   Thomson, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma control; Control questionnaire; Smoking; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; JUNIPERUS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETRY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36649013678     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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