The prevalence and impact of respiratory symptoms in asthmatics and nonasthmatics during deployment

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1264-1269

  Roop, Stuart A ^a,b   Niven, Alexander S ^a,c   Calvin, Bryce E ^a,d   Bader, Julia ^e   Zacher, Lisa L ^a,f  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Multinational Force and Observers   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^f BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING;

EID: 37249031942     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.12.1264     Document Type: Article

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