The changing epidemiology of asthma in Shanghai, China

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 465-470

  Zhang, Fengying ^a   Hang, Jingqing ^a   Zheng, Buyong ^a   Su, Li ^b   Christiani, David C ^b,c  

^a Shanghai Putuo District People's Hospital ^*  (China)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; China; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINA; COLD AIR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACUITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT ACUITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931327789     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.982762     Document Type: Article

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