Nationwide cross-sectional population-based study on the prevalences of asthma and asthma symptoms among Japanese adults

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-287

  Fukutomi, Yuma ^a,b   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Kobayashi, Fumio ^c   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Konno, Satoshi ^d   Nishimura, Masaharu ^d   Kawagishi, Yukio ^e   Watanabe, Junko ^a   Komase, Yuko ^f   Akamatsu, Yasuhiro ^c   Okada, Chiharu ^g   Tanimoto, Yasushi ^h   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^g   Kimura, Tomoaki ⁱ   Eboshida, Akira ⁱ   Hirota, Ryoji ^j   Ikei, Junko ^k   Odajima, Hiroshi ^k   Nakagawa, Takemasa ^f   Akasawa, Akira ^l   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a   more..

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^f ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Minami Okayama Medical Center   (Japan)

^h OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^k National Minami Fukuoka Hospital   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Japan; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 77952302753     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314369     Document Type: Article

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