Asthma mortality in Cuba during 1972-1993

Allergologia et Immunopathologia

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 289-292

  Fabre Ortiz D E ^a   Cabrera Perez J F ^b   Armas Perez L ^c   Gonzalez Ochoa E ^c  

^a Juan Manuel Marquez Pediat Hosp   (United States)

^b MINSAP ^*

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Asthma; Cuba; Mortality; Surveillance; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CUBA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASTHMA; CUBA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031266260     PISSN: 03010546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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