Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1730-1736 , December 2008

No further increase of incidence of asthma: Incidence, remission and relapse of adult asthma in Sweden

  • Linda Ekerljung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10A, SE-413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 31 342 4144; fax: +46 31 413 290.
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  • Eva Rönmark

      Affiliations

    • Obstructive Lung Disease In Northern Sweden (OLIN) Studies, Department of Medicine, Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Environmental Medicine and Occupation, University of Umeå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Kjell Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Lung and Allergy Research, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
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  • Britt-Marie Sundblad

      Affiliations

    • Lung and Allergy Research, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
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  • Anders Bjerg

      Affiliations

    • Obstructive Lung Disease In Northern Sweden (OLIN) Studies, Department of Medicine, Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
    • Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Environmental Medicine and Occupation, University of Umeå, Sweden
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  • Staffan Ahlstedt

      Affiliations

    • Phadia AB, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
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  • Sven-Erik Dahlén

      Affiliations

    • Experimental Asthma and Allergy Research, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
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  • Bo Lundbäck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine/Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Guldhedsgatan 10A, SE-413 46 Gothenburg, Sweden
    • Obstructive Lung Disease In Northern Sweden (OLIN) Studies, Department of Medicine, Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
    • Lung and Allergy Research, National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden

Received 10 April 2008 ,Accepted 6 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.07.011

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 102, Issue 12 , Pages 1730-1736 , December 2008

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