The clinical expression of asthma in schoolchildren has changed between 1996 and 2006

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 859-866

  Andersson, Martin ^a,b   Bjerg, Anders ^a,b   Forsberg, Bertil ^a   Lundbäck, Bo ^b,c   Rönmark, Eva ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asthma; children; environment; epidemiology; medication

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEDEN; WHEEZING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954935901     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: 13993038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2010.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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