Asthma in the elderly: Current understanding and future research needs - A report of a National Institute on Aging (NIA) workshop

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Hanania, Nicola A ^a   King, Monroe J ^b   Braman, Sidney S ^c   Saltoun, Carol ^d   Wise, Robert A ^e   Enright, Paul ^f   Falsey, Ann R ^g   Mathur, Sameer K ^h   Ramsdell, Joe W ⁱ   Rogers, Linda ^j   Stempel, David A ^k   Lima, John J ^l   Fish, James E ^m   Wilson, Sandra R ⁿ   Boyd, Cynthia ^e   Patel, Kushang V ^o   Irvin, Charles G ^p   Yawn, Barbara P ^q   Halm, Ethan A ^r   Wasserman, Stephen I ⁱ   Sands, Mark F ^s   Ershler, William B ^t   Ledford, Dennis K ^b   more..

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^l NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^m GENENTECH INC   (United States)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^t Institute for Advanced Studies in Aging   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; airway; allergy; asthma; elderly; immune mechanisms; immunosenescence

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETAXOLOL; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PINDOLOL; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE; TIMOLOL;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGING; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BIOLOGY; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DYSPNEA; ELDERLY CARE; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMICS; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL CARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (U.S.); PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052257391     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2011.06.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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