Acute childhood asthma in Finland: A retrospective review of hospital admissions from 1976 to 1995

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 236-240

  Malmstrom K ^a   Korhonen, K ^b   Kaila, M ^c   Dunder, T ^d   Nermes, M ^e   Klaukka, T ^f   Sarna, S ^a   Juntunen Backman, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute childhood asthma; Hospitalization; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033678465     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3038.2000.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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