Symptoms and diagnosis of asthma in a general population longitudinal results from the SHIP database

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 860-864

  Schäper, Christoph ^a   Gläser, Sven ^a   Obst, Anne ^a   Schmidt, Carsten O ^a   Völzke, Henry ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a   Ewert, Ralf ^a   Koch, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Asthma; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL ASTHMA; NOSE ALLERGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; WHEEZING; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGH; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957366106     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.491140     Document Type: Article

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