International comparison of median age at death from cystic fibrosis

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Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1656-1660

  Fogarty, Andrew ^a   Hubbard, Richard ^a   Britton, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; International; Mortality; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034046150     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.6.1656     Document Type: Article

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