Can sudden unexpected deaths in asthma be prevented?;Kan astmadöd hos unga förutses och förebyggas?

Lakartidningen

Volumn 98, Issue 47, 2001, Pages 5314-5321

  Formgren, Hans ^a,f   Bergström, Sten Erik ^b   Boman, Gunnar ^c   Foucard, Tony ^c   Hedlin, Gunilla ^d   Hörte, Lars Gunnar ^e   Spetz Nyström, Ulrike ^c  

^a ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Huddinge Universitetssjukhus   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FATALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035930228     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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