Epidemiological aspects of paediatric asthma

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 680-685

  Hess, J ^a   De Jongste, J C ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MORBIDITY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 2942579682     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2004.1961.x     Document Type: Review

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