Respiratory infections precede adult-onset asthma

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Rantala, Aino ^a   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a   Jaakkola, Maritta S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755174379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027912     Document Type: Article

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