Asthma is more frequently associated with non-allergic than allergic rhinitis in Portuguese patients

Rhinology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-213

  Lourenço, Olga ^a   Fonseca, Ana Mafalda ^a   Taborda Barata, Luis ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allergens; Human; Prevalence; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RHINITIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 68149119160     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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