The effect of sex on asthma control from the National Asthma Survey

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 854-860

  Temprano, James ^a   Mannino, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; control; cross sectional; epidemiology; national; severity; sex; survey; symptoms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 63449096877     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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