Patterns of airway disease and the clinical diagnosis of asthma in the Busselton population

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1053-1059

  Musk, A W ^a,b   Knuiman, M ^a,b   Hunter, M ^a   Hui, J ^a,b   Palmer, L J ^a,c   Beilby, J ^a,b   Divitini, M ^b   Mulrennan, S ^a   James, A ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Clinical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EXHALED NITRIC OXIDE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHITIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; VITAL CAPACITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80355148545     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00102110     Document Type: Article

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