The socio-economic burden of asthma is substantial in Europe

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-124

  Accordini, S ^a,b   Corsico, A ^c   Cerveri, I ^c   Gislason, D ^d   Gulsvik, A ^e   Janson, C ^f   Jarvis, D ^g,r   Marcon, A ^b   Pin, I ^h   Vermeire, P ⁱ   Almar, E ^j   Bugiani, M ^k   Cazzoletti, L ^b   Duran Tauleria, E ^l   Jogi R ^m   Marinoni, A ⁿ   Martinez Moratalla J ^o   Leynaert, B ^p   De Marco, R ^b   Ackermann Liebrich, U ^q   Anto J M ^l   Burney, P ^r   Chinn, S ^s   Gislason, T ^d   Heinrich, J ^t   Knox, J ^s   Kunzli N ^u   Luczynska, C ^s   Neukirch, F ^p   Schouten, J ^v   Sunyer, J ^w   Svanes, C ^x   Wjst, M ^t   more..

^a c/o Istituti Biologici II ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^j Unit of Epidemiology   (Spain)

^k Unit of Pneumology   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^m TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^o HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^p INSERM   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^r IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^w IMIM/IMAS   (Spain)

^x UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

more..

Author keywords

Asthma epidemiology; Burden of asthma; Burden, determinants; General population

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 36649034286     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01523.x     Document Type: Article

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