Prevalence of adult asthma and allergic rhinitis in kamishihoro, hokkaido -Trends from 2006 through 2011-

Japanese Journal of Allergology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 928-937

  Shimizu, Kaoruko ^a   Konno, Satoshi ^a   Kimura, Hirokazu ^a   Ogi, Takahiro ^a   Taniguchi, Natsuko ^a   Shimizu, Kenichi ^a   Isada, Akira ^a   Hattori, Takeshi ^a   Hizawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Taniguchi, Masami ^c   Akazawa, Akira ^d   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Asthma; Obesity; Prevalence; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ASTHMA; ADULT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NOSE ALLERGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; WHEEZING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908370349     PISSN: 00214884     EISSN: 13477935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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