Trends in asthma prevalence and population changes in South Australia, 1990-2003

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 226-229

  Wilson, David H ^a   Adams, Robert J ^a   Tucker, Graeme ^b   Appleton, Sarah ^c   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Ruffin, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 33645091607     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00207.x     Document Type: Article

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