Population ageing will lead to an increase in hospitalisation for chronic illnesses like asthma and COPD

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-27

  Vilkman, Sirkku ^a   Keistinen, Timo ^a   Tuuponen, Tuili ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b  

^a Department of Public Health Science and General Practice ^*  (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGED; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031094032     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489702500106     Document Type: Article

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