Trends and ethnic differences in asthma hospitalization rates in Singapore, 1991 to 1998

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-55

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Niti, M ^a   Tan, Wan C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037267867     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63614-9     Document Type: Article

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