Prevalence of adult asthma and allergic rhinitis in Kamishihoro Town, Hokkaido - Associations with smoking habit and obesity

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 835-842

  Shimizu, Kaoruko ^a   Konno, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Kenichi ^a   Isada, Akira ^a   Takahashi, Ayumu ^a   Hattori, Takeshi ^a   Maeda, Yukiko ^a   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Nakagawa, Takemasa ^c   Taniguchi, Masami ^d   Akiyama, Kazuo ^d   Akazawa, Akira ^e   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^f   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine

^c Kawazoe Clinic

^d SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Obesity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 51549104063     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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