Incidence and prevalence of adult asthma is associated with low socio-economic status

Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-156

  Ekerljung, Linda ^a   Sundblad, Britt Marie ^b   Rönmark, Eva ^a,c,d   Larsson, Kjell ^b   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma; Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; WHEEZING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953626883     PISSN: 17526981     EISSN: 1752699X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2009.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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