Prediction of asthma exacerbations in elderly adults: Results of a 1-year prospective study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1631-1632

  Park, Heung Woo ^a   Kim, Tae Wan ^a   Song, Woo Jung ^a   Kim, Sae Hoon ^b   Park, Hye Kyung ^c   Kim, Sang Heon ^d   Kwon, Yong Eun ^e   Kim, Tae Bum ^f   Lee, Byung Jae ^g   Jee, Young Koo ^h   Choi, Byoung Whui ⁱ   Cho, Sang Heon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e Chosun University   (South Korea)

^f University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^h Dankook University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASTHMA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84884237134     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12434     Document Type: Letter

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