Direct and indirect costs of asthma in Canada, 1990

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 821-831

  Krahn, Murray D ^a,b,c,f   Berka, Catherine ^e   Langlois, Peter ^d   Detsky, Allan S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^f TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING; OUTPATIENT CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 0029923079     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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