Ethnic variations in UK asthma frequency, morbidity, and health-service use: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9456, 2005, Pages 312-317

  Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^a   Hurwitz, Brian ^b   Levy, Mark ^c   Fletcher, Monica ^d   Barnes, Greta ^e   Durham, Stephen R ^f   Sheikh, Aziz ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d National Respiratory Training Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e ASTHMA UK   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANAMNESIS; ASIAN; ASTHMA; AUTHORITY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMBASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 12344306290     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)70195-1     Document Type: Review

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