Asthma exacerbations after the East Japan Disaster

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 61-65

  Ishiura, Yoshihisa ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Shiba, Yasutaka ^a   Ohkura, Noriyuki ^a   Kasahara, Kazuo ^b   Ishida, Youichi ^a  

^a Toyama City Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma control test; Bronchial asthma; Disaster; Earthquake; Exacerbation

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; SELF EVALUATION; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84876065683     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: 13496867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.60.61     Document Type: Article

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