Menstrual cycle and respiratory symptoms in a general nordic-baltic population

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-373

  MacSali, Ferenc ^a,b   Svanes, Cecilie ^b,c   Sothern, Robert B ^d   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^e   Bjørge, Line ^a,f   Dratva, Julia ^g   Franklin, Karl A ^c,h   Holm, Mathias ⁱ   Janson, Christer ^c   Johannessen, Ane ^a   Lindberg, Eva ^c   Omenaas, Ernst R ^a,b   Schlünssen, Vivi ^j   Zemp, Elizabeth ^g   Real, Francisco Gómez ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Institute of Medicine   (Norway)

^c Department of Occupational Medicine ^*  (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Menstrual cycle; Respiratory symptoms; RHINE; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BALTIC STATES; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SMOKING;

EID: 84873964719     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1112OC     Document Type: Article

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