February asthma outbreaks in NSW: A case control study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 514-519

  Lister, Susan ^a   Sheppeard, Vicky ^a   Morgan, Geoffrey ^b   Corbett, Stephen ^a   Kaldor, Jill ^a   Henry, Richard ^c  

^a New South Wales Government   (Australia)

^b Southern Cross Institute of Health Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035673611     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2001.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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