Longterm follow-up in European respiratory health studies - patterns and implications

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johannessen, Ane ^a   Verlato, Giuseppe ^b   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^c   Forsberg, Bertil ^d   Franklin, Karl ^d   Gislason, Thorarinn ^c   Holm, Mathias ^e   Janson, Christer ^f   Jögi, Rain ^g   Lindberg, Eva ^f   Macsali, Ferenc ^a   Omenaas, Ernst ^a   Real, Francisco G ^h   Saure, Eirunn W ^h   Schlünssen, Vivi ^i,j   Sigsgaard, Torben ⁱ   Skorge, Trude D ^a   Svanes, Cecilie ^a   Torén, Kjell ^k   Waatevik, Marie ⁱ   Nilsen, Roy M ⁱ   de Marco, Roberto ^j   more..

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

ⁱ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^j AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RHINITIS; SMOKING; WAKEFULNESS; WHEEZING;

ADULT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899476653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-63     Document Type: Article

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