Clinical and functional differences between early-onset and late-onset adult asthma: A population-based Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study

Thorax

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 981-987

  Tan, Daniel J ^a,b   Walters, E Haydn ^a,b   Perret, Jennifer L ^a   Burgess, John A ^a   Johns, David P ^c   Lowe, Adrian J ^a,d   Lodge, Caroline J ^a   Hayati Rezvan, Panteha ^a   Simpson, Julie A ^a   Morrison, Stephen ^e   Thompson, Bruce R ^f   Thomas, Paul S ^g   Feather, Iain ^h   Giles, Graham G ^a,i   Hopper, John L ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^j   Matheson, Melanie C ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Asthma Epidemiology; Respiratory Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY ONSET ADULT ASTHMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LATE ONSET ADULT ASTHMA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TASMANIA;

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TASMANIA;

EID: 84978784318     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208183     Document Type: Article

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