Conventional epidemiology underestimates the incidence of asthma and wheeze-a longitudinal population-based study among teenagers

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hedman, Linnéa ^a,b   Bjerg, Anders ^a   Lundbäck, Bo ^a,c   Rönmark, Eva ^a,b  

^a Norrbotten County Council   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adolescents; asthma; epidemiology; incidence; study design; wheezing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDY DESIGN; WHEEZING;

EID: 84978024631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-2-1     Document Type: Article

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