Facebook: A new trigger for asthma?

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9754, 2010, Pages 1740-

  D'Amato, Gennaro ^a   Liccardi, Gennaro ^a   Cecchi, Lorenzo ^b   Pellegrino, Ferdinando ^c   D'Amato, Maria ^d  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Allergy and Clinical Immunology Section   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria di Salerno   (Italy)

^d Department of Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; MONTELUKAST;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FACEBOOK; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; LETTER; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUMMER;

EID: 78649368004     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62135-6     Document Type: Letter

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