Respiratory symptoms and illness in older Australians: The Burden of obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 144-148

  Toelle, Brett G ^a   Xuan, Wei ^a   Bird, Tessa E ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^b   Atkinson, David N ^c,d   Burton, Deborah L ^e   James, Alan L ^f   Jenkins, Christine R ^a   Johns, David P ^g   Maguire, Graeme P ^h,i   Walters, E Haydn ^g   Wood Baker, Richard ^g   Graham, Bruce J ^k   Southwell, Phillipa J ^e   Vollmer, William M ^l   Buist, A Sonia ^m   Marks, Guy B ^a  

^a WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^e CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Bill) Musk   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j Bill) Musk   (Australia)

^k CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^m OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIAN; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ONE SECOND FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME FORCED VITAL CAPACITY RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; WHEEZING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIROMETRY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 84874585041     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja11.11640     Document Type: Article

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