Psychological, social and health behaviour risk factors for deaths certified as asthma: A national case-control study

Thorax

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1034-1039

  Sturdy, P M ^a   Victor, C R ^a   Anderson, H R ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Butland, B K ^a   Harrison, B D W ^b   Peckitt, C ^a   Taylor, J C ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEREAVEMENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036897837     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.12.1034     Document Type: Article

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