Lower Bronchodilator Responsiveness in Puerto Rican than in Mexican Subjects with Asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 386-392

  Burchard, Esteban González ^b   Avila, Pedro C ^c   Nazario, Sylvette ^c   Casal, Jesus ^c   Torres, Alfonso ^c   Rodriguez Santana, Jose R ^c   Toscano, Monica ^c   Sylvia, Jody Senter ^c   Alioto, MariaElena ^c   Salazar, Michael ^c   Gomez, Ivan ^c   Fagan, Joanne K ^c   Salas, Jorge ^c   Lilly, Craig ^c   Matallana, Henry ^c   Ziv, Elad ^c   Castro, Richard ^c   Selman, Moises ^c   Chapela, Rocio ^c   Sheppard, Dean ^c   Weiss, Scott T ^c   Ford, Jean G ^a   Boushey, Homer A ^c   Rodriguez Cintron, William ^c   Drazen, Jeffrey M ^c   Silverman, Edwin K ^c   more..

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchodilator; Clinical characteristics; Mexicans and Puerto Ricans

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9144227391     PISSN: 00030805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200309-1293oc     Document Type: Article

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