Asthma mortality: The worldwide response

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 265-267

  Lieberman, Jamie S ^a   Kane, Gregory C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HOUSE DUST ALLERGEN;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CANADA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT EDUCATION; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030925855     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689709000509     Document Type: Short Survey

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