The upper and lower airways: The epidemiological and pathophysiological connection

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 553-556

  Slavin, Raymond G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperreactivity; Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Connection; Epidemiology; Inflammation; Lower airway; Pathophysiology; Rhinosinusitis; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANATOMY; ASTHMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; NOSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

ALLERGEN;

ALLERGENS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LUNG; NOSE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SINUSITIS;

EID: 61749094636     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2008.29.3169     Document Type: Conference Paper

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