Symptoms of respiratory tract infection and associated care-seeking in subjects with and without obstructive lung disease; The Tromsø Study: Tromsø 6

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Melbye, Hasse ^a   Joensen, Lisa ^a   Risør, Mette B ^a   Halvorsen, Peder A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Care seeking; Consultation rates; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Respiratory tract infection; Self medication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SUMMER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 84865830872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-12-51     Document Type: Article

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