Hospitalizations for childhood asthma in Athens, Greece, from 1978 to 2000

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-85

  Priftis, Kostas ^a   Panagiotopoulou Gartagani, P ^b   Tapratzi Potamianou, P ^b   Zachariadi Xypolita, A ^b   Sagriotis, A ^c   Saxoni Papageorgiou, P ^b  

^a PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c 'P and A Kyriakou' Children's Hosp ^*

Author keywords

Admission; Childhood asthma; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14644444506     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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