Trends in deaths from respiratory illness in children in England and Wales from 1968 to 2000

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1035-1038

  Panickar, J R ^a   Dodd, S R ^b   Smyth, R L ^b   Couriel, J M ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES;

EID: 28244445441     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.044750     Document Type: Article

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