Dyspnea severity, changes in dyspnea status and mortality in the general population: The Vlagtwedde/Vlaardingen study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 867-876

  Figarska, Sylwia M ^a   Boezen, H Marike ^a   Vonk, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Dyspnea remission; Dyspnea severity; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871291223     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9736-0     Document Type: Article

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