New-onset asthma among soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Szema, Anthony M ^a,b   Peters, Michael C ^a,b   Weissinger, Kristen M ^c   Gagliano, Christy A ^a   Chen, John J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958147152     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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