Asthma mortality in Australia 1920-94: Age, period, and cohort effects

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-411

  Taylor, Richard ^a   Comino, Elizabeth ^b   Bauman, Adrian ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE MORTALITY; MORTALITY TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030847504     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.4.408     Document Type: Article

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