Long-term mortality among adults with asthma: A 25-year follow-up of 1,075 outpatients with asthma

Chest

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1649-1655

  Ali, Zarqa ^a   Dirks, Christina Glattre ^a   Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LONG TERM MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVOCATION TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84878552068     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2289     Document Type: Article

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