Asthma incidence, remission, relapse and persistence: A population-based study in southern Taiwan

Respiratory Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wu, Tsung Ju ^a,b   Wu, Chang Fu ^a   Lee, Yungling Leo ^a   Hsiue, Tzuen Ren ^c   Guo, Yue Leon ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Kaohsiung Municipal Min Sheng Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult asthma; Adulthood; Asthma; Asthma incidence; Asthma persistence; Asthma relapse; Asthma remission; Atopic disease; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920809870     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-014-0135-9     Document Type: Article

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