Time trend in the prevalence of adult asthma in Japan: Findings from population-based surveys in Fujieda City in 1985, 1999, and 2006

Allergology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-448

  Fukutomi, Yuma ^a,b   Taniguchi, Masami ^a   Watanabe, Junko ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Komase, Yuko ^c   Ohta, Ken ^d   Akasawa, Akira ^e   Nakagawa, Takemasa ^c   Miyamoto, Terumasa ^f   Akiyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f Japan Allergy Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Asthma prevalence; Japan; Population based study; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMMON COLD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; WHEEZING;

EID: 83455164826     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.10-OA-0282     Document Type: Article

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