Continuing decline in acute asthma episodes in the community

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 282-285

  Sunderland, R S ^b   Fleming, D M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASON; ACUTE DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WALES;

EID: 1542377362     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.029611     Document Type: Article

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