Associations between mortality, asthma, and health-related quality of life in an elderly cohort of swedes

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-632

  Leander, Mai ^a,b   Janson, Christer ^a   Uddenfeldt, Monica ^a,c   Cronqvist, Agneta ^b   Rask Andersen, Anna ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ersta Skondal University College   (Sweden)

^c Primary Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Generic instrument; GQL; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 77955525018     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003617402     Document Type: Article

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