Deaths certified as asthma and use of medical services: A national case-control study

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 909-915

  Sturdy, P M ^c   Butland, B K ^b   Anderson, H R ^a,b   Ayres, J G ^d   Bland, J M ^e   Harrison, B D W ^f   Peckitt, C ^g   Victor, C R ^h  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEX RATIO;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STEROIDS;

EID: 27744555279     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.025593     Document Type: Article

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