Prevalence trends in respiratory symptoms and asthma in relation to smoking - Two cross-sectional studies ten years apart among adults in northern Sweden

World Allergy Organization Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Backman, Helena ^a,b   Hedman, Linnea ^a   Jansson, Sven Arne ^a,b   Lindberg, Anne ^a,b   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,c   Rönmark, Eva ^a,b  

^a Norrbotten County Council   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Attributable risk; Prevalence; Respiratory symptoms; Smoking; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BRONCHITIS; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; WHEEZING;

EID: 84910673581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19394551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1939-4551-7-1     Document Type: Article

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