Rapid onset asthma: A severe but uncommon manifestation

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-247

  Kolbe, J ^a,b   Fergusson, W ^a   Garrett, J ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute asthma; Rapid onset asthma; Risk factors; Severe life threatening asthma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031902014     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.4.241     Document Type: Article

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