Incidence and characteristics of adult-onset asthma

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 471-477

  Casas, Xavier ^a   Monsó, Eduard ^a,b   Orpella, Xavier ^c   Hervás, Ramona ^a   González, Josep Anton ^c   Arellano, Elisabeth ^a   Martínez, Carlos ^a   Martínez, Gerardo ^d   Ascosa, Àlex ^d   Comín, Jesús ^d   Ruiz, Rafael ^d   Monsó, Berta ^e   Casas, Irma ^a   Esteve, Maria ^a   Morera, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Unidad Docente Barcelonés Nord I Maresme   (Spain)

^d Àreas Bàsiques de Salut del Barcelonés Nord I Maresme ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult onset asthma; Asthma; Atopy; Chronic asthma; Course; Household cleaning; Incidence; Occupation; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE PHOSPHATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLEANING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; ONSET AGE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 55049121147     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13126091     Document Type: Article

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