Sex-related differences in respiratory symptoms: Results from the BOLD Study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 858-860

  Lamprecht, Bernd ^a,b   Vanfleteren, Lowie E ^c,d   Studnicka, Michael ^a   Allison, Michael ^e   McBurnie, Mary Ann ^e   Vollmer, William M ^e   Tan, Wan Cheng ^g   Nielsen, Rune ^h   Nastalek, Pawel ⁱ   Gnatiuc, Louisa ^j   Kaiser, Bernhard ^a   Janson, Christer ^k   Wouters, Emiel F M ^c,d   Burney, Peter ^j   Buist, A Sonia ^f  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CIRO+   (Netherlands)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^h HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM; WHEEZING;

COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM;

EID: 84883522319     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00047613     Document Type: Letter

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