A national estimate of the economic costs of asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3 I, 1997, Pages 787-793

  Smith, David H ^a   Malone, Daniel C ^b   Lawson, Kenneth A ^c   Okamoto, Lynn J ^c   Battista, Carmelina ^c   Saunders, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COST; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030876380     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.3.9611072     Document Type: Article

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