The impact of diagnosed and undiagnosed current asthma in the general adult population

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Accordini, Simone ^a   Cappa, Veronica ^a   Braggion, Marco ^a   Corsico, Angelo G ^b   Bugiani, Massimiliano ^d   Pirina, Pietro ^e   Verlato, Giuseppe ^a   Villani, Simona ^c   De Marco, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d Local Health Agency ASL TO2   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Burden of illness; Epidemiology; Undiagnosed asthmatics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COUGHING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951849863     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320780     Document Type: Article

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