Recent variations in emergency room visits and hospital admission rates for childhood asthma;Cambios recientes en la frecuentacion a urgencias y hospitalizacion por asma en la infancia

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 577-581

  Fernández, J Benito ^a   Mintegui Raso, S ^a   Sanchez Echaniz J S ^a   Vazquez Ronco M A ^a   Pijoan Zubizarreta J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMATIC STATE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; SPAIN; STATUS ASTHMATICUS;

EID: 0032248348     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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