The global burden of asthma: Executive summary of the GINA Dissemination Committee Report

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 469-478

  Masoli, Matthew ^b   Fabian, Denise ^b   Holt, Shaun ^b   Beasley, Richard ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHINITIS; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 2342590065     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00526.x     Document Type: Review

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