Increased prevalence of allergic asthma from 1996 to 2006 and further to 2016—results from three population surveys

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1426-1435

  Backman, Helena ^a   Räisänen, Petri ^a   Hedman, Linnea ^a,b   Stridsman, Caroline ^b   Andersson, Martin ^a   Lindberg, Anne ^a   Lundbäck, Bo ^c   Rönmark, Eva ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asthma; epidemiology; rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WHEEZING; ASTHMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85023189035     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cea.12963     Document Type: Article

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