Asthma prevalence in adults: Good news?

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 637-638

  Weiland, S K ^a   Pearce, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; NOSE ALLERGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SEX RATIO; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 4043092654     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.026302     Document Type: Editorial

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