Asthma severity according to global initiative for asthma and its determinants: An international study

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-79

  Cazzoletti, Lucia ^a   Marcon, Alessandro ^a   Corsico, Angelo ^b   Janson, Christer ^c   Jarvis, Deborah ^d   Pin, Isabelle ^e   Accordini, Simone ^a   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^f   Cerveri, Isa ^b   Gislason, David ^g   Gulsvik, Amund ^h   De Marco, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Unit of Pneumology   (Italy)

^g LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Allergen sensitization; Asthma control; Asthma severity; Cat; Cladosporium; Global Initiative for Asthma; House dust mite; Perennial allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CLADOSPORIUM; COUGHING; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ASTHMA CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 68349101969     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000232572     Document Type: Article

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