Asthma deaths confounded by substance abuse: An assessment of fatal asthma

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 604-610

  Levenson, Toby ^a   Greenberger, Paul A ^a   Donoghue, Edmund R ^b   Lifschultz, Barry D ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; fatalities; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; ORCIPRENALINE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030459461     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.3.604     Document Type: Article

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