The epidemiology of COPD and asthma exacerbations in a general hospital;Características epidemiológicas de las exacerbaciones por EPOC y asma en un hospital general

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 256-262

  Otero Gonzalez I ^a   Blanco Aparicio, M ^a   Montera Martinez C ^a   Valino Lopez P ^a   Verea Hernando, H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Exacerbation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346678933     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-2896(02)75209-5     Document Type: Article

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