Cough affects Quality of Life in asthmatic children aged 8-14 more than other asthma symptoms

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-88

  Petsios, Konstantinos Th ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^b   Tsoumakas, Constantinos ^a   Perperoglou, Aris ^c   Hatziagorou, Elpida ^d   Tsanakas, John N ^d   Androulakis, Ioannis ^a   Matziou, Vasiliki N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthmatic children; Cough; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD PERSISTENT ASTHMA; MODERATE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; PATERNAL SMOKING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 66549106154     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: 15781267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0546(09)71109-7     Document Type: Article

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