Natural progression of childhood asthma symptoms and strong influence of sex and puberty

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 898-907

  Fu, Liang ^a   Freishtat, Robert J ^b,c,d   Gordish Dressman, Heather ^b,d   Teach, Stephen J ^c   Resca, Lorenzo ^a,e   Hoffman, Eric P ^b,d   Wang, Zuyi ^a,b,d  

^a Division of Research and Development SoverST LLC   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Sex difference; Sex dominance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84908676391     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201402-084OC     Document Type: Article

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