Prevalence of asthma in Portugal - The Portuguese National Asthma Survey

Clinical and Translational Allergy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Sa Sousa, Ana ^a   Morais Almeida, Mário ^b,c   Azevedo, Luis Filipe ^a   Carvalho, Rosa ^d   Jacinto, Tiago ^a,e   Todo Bom, Ana ^c,f   Loureiro, Carlos ^c,f   Bugalho Almeida, António ^g,h   Bousquet, Jean ⁱ   Fonseca, João Almeida ^a,e,j  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b CUF Descobertas Hospital   (Portugal)

^c Grupo de Jovens Imunoalergologistas da Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica   (Portugal)

^d Estudos de Mercado   (Portugal)

^e Institute CUF   (Portugal)

^f CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^g INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^h Coordinator of Comissão de Acompanhamento do Programa Nacional de Controlo da Asma ^*  (Portugal)

ⁱ HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^j HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Asthma; Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI); Epidemiology; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GA2LEN SURVEY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 85006251619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-7022-2-15     Document Type: Article

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