Is physician-diagnosed allergic rhinitis a risk factor for the development of asthma?

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1049-1055

  Van Den Nieuwenhof, L ^a   Schermer, T ^a   Bosch, Y ^a   Bousquet, J ^b   Heijdra, Y ^a   Bor, H ^a   Van Den Bosch, W ^a   Van Weel, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

allergic rhinitis; asthma; longitudinal; primary care; risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; PROPENSITY SCORE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954339415     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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