Admission rates as an indicator of the prevalence of severe asthma in the community

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-219

  Jalaludin, Bin ^a,e   Chey, Tien ^a   Holmwood, Marvin ^a   Chipps, Jennifer ^b   Hanson, Ralph ^c   Corbett, Stephen ^b   Leeder, Stephen ^d  

^a United States Public Health Service

^b New South Wales Health Department

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e Western Sector Public Health Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHEEZING;

EID: 0031948815     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01175.x     Document Type: Article

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