Greater severity of new onset asthma in allergic subjects who smoke: a 10-year longitudinal study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Little is known about the association between cigarette smoking and asthma severity. We assessed smoking as a determinant of disease severity and control in a cohort of clinic-referred allergic subjects who developed new onset asthma...

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Main Authors: Antic Tjana, Sarvà Maria, Bertino Gaetano, Caponnetto Pasquale, Russo Cristina, Polosa Riccardo, Mancuso Stefania, Al-Delaimy Wael K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Online Access:http://respiratory-research.com/content/12/1/16