Gender differences in prevalence, diagnosis and incidence of allergic and non-allergic asthma: A population-based cohort

Thorax

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Leynaert, Bénédicte ^a,b,c   Sunyer, Jordi ^d,e,f,g   Garcia Esteban, Raquel ^d,e,g   Svanes, Cecilie ^h,i   Jarvis, Deborah ^j   Cerveri, Isa ^k   Dratva, Julia ^l,m   Gislason, Thorarinn ⁿ   Heinrich, Joachim ^o   Janson, Christer ^p   Kuenzli, Nino ^l,m   De Marco, Roberto ^q   Omenaas, Ernst ^h,i   Raherison, Chantal ^r   Real, Francisco Gómez ^h,i   Wjst, Matthias ^o,s   Zemp, Elisabeth ^l,m   Zureik, Mahmoud ^a,b   Burney, Peter G J ^j   Anto, Josep M ^d,e,f,g   Neukirch, Françoise ^a,b   more..

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^g CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^l SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁿ LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^o INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^p UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^s INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TEST;

EID: 84862766121     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201249     Document Type: Article

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