Standardised mortality rates in females and males with COPD and asthma

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 891-895

  Ringbaek, T ^a,c   Seersholm, N ^b   Viskum, K ^b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Lung function; Pension; Sex; Survival

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ASTHMA; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744410710     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.05.00099204     Document Type: Article

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