Risk factors for near-fatal asthma - A case-control study in a western cape teaching hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 140-144

  de Klerk, Adél ^a   van Schalkwyk, Emmerentia ^a   Williams, Zelda ^a   Lee, Wendy ^a   Bardin, Philip ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036188292     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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