Mortality due to asthma in the city of Barcelona (1983-1993);Mortalidad por asma en la ciudad de Barcelona (1983-1993)

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-19

  Naberan Toña, Karlos ^a,c   Alberti Jaume J ^b  

^a INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^b Medicina Preventiva y Salud Publica   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Mortality; Season; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

EID: 1642336194     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056495     Document Type: Article

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