Mortality from asthma in children and young adults in Louisiana

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-194

  Eroglu, Gungor E ^a   Rabito, Felicia A ^b   Srivastav, Sudesh K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036707036     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61936-9     Document Type: Article

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