Asthma and comorbid medical illness

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-49

  Cazzola, M ^a,b   Calzetta, L ^a,b   Bettoncelli, G ^c   Novelli, L ^a   Cricelli, C ^c   Rogliani, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^c Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Asthma; Comorbidities; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINOSINUSITIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS;

EID: 79959732386     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00140310     Document Type: Article

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