Sex differences in hospital admissions from emergency departments in asthmatic adults: A population-based study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 666-672

  Baibergenova, Akerke ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^b   Levine, Mitchell ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Leeb, Kira ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH INFORMATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33646745006     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61063-0     Document Type: Review

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