… symptom control among asthmatics who smoke. The aim of this study was to investigate
asthma symptom control according to GINA guidelines [10] among primary care asthmatic …

… The same methods as in our study were used in Helsinki, Finland, and that study also found
… In contrast to bronchitis symptoms, the prevalence of any wheeze and asthmatic wheeze …

… Decreased smoking habits may have contributed to the better control of asthma … symptoms
among non-asthmatics, since all symptoms were found to be strongly associated with smoking…

… or for worsening of asthma symptoms. … study are a good sample of asthmatics well
known to GPs: they are middle-aged, mainly female, with high percentages of current or ex-smokers. …

… in smoking have not been reported in Finnish asthmatics. … and work places) may provoke
asthmatic symptoms. We find it … The surveys were cross-sectional and provided comparison of …

… asthma symptoms in asthmatic responders in the present study… care in Finland the results
seen in our study seem unlikely to … This study is cross-sectional and therefore descriptive by …

… of age, of whom 7.4% had asthmatic symptoms and 6.1% an asthma-… farmers may develop
clinically significant airway obstruction … questionnaire for a cross-sectional survey of a random …

… , Tampere, Finland (R12122). Patients underwent normal … or cross-sectional comparing
non-obese and obese asthmatics… in this study was that BMI >30 kg/m 2 at the time of diagnosis …

… cross-sectional study of 1995 adult asthmatics (response rate 40.4%) living in the Northern
Finland … BMI and smoking influence the relations between asthma control and occurrence of …

… asthma symptoms, used less asthma medication and smoked less … respiratory symptoms and
disability [9] and among asthmatics, … In Finland, our national asthma guidelines and asthma …