Evolution of asthma severity in a cohort of young adults: Is there any gender difference?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Raherison, Chantal ^a   Janson, Christer ^b   Jarvis, Deborah ^c   Burney, Peter ^c   Cazzoletti, Lucia ^d   de Marco, Roberto ^d   Neukirch, Françoise ^e   Leynaert, Benedicte ^e  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Public Health Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR ASTHMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RONCHETTI SCORE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349658481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007146     Document Type: Article

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