No further increase of incidence of asthma: Incidence, remission and relapse of adult asthma in Sweden

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1730-1736

  Ekerljung, Linda ^a   Rönmark, Eva ^b,c   Larsson, Kjell ^d   Sundblad, Britt Marie ^d   Bjerg, Anders ^b,c   Ahlstedt, Staffan ^d,e   Dahlén, Sven Erik ^d   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Epidemiology; Incidence; Relapse; Remission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTHMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RHINITIS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649096651     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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