Spirometry testing in a population of Italian children: Age and gender differences

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1383-1388

  Bianchi, Marina ^a   Clavenna, Antonio ^a   Sequi, Marco ^a   Bortolotti, Angela ^b   Fortino, Ida ^b   Merlino, Luca ^b   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Ministry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Asthma; Child; Disease management; Gender

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84865266585     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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