Asthma statistics in the Netherlands 1980-94

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 417-422

  Wever Hess, J ^a   Wever, A M J ^a  

^a Red Cross Hospital Den Haag   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030872155     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(97)90256-0     Document Type: Article

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