Asthma deaths in Washington State, 1980-1989: Geographic and demographic distributions

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-26

  Roberts, Christine ^a   Mayer, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Henderson Jr , William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030021643     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63402-3     Document Type: Article

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