Asthma in the elderly: Mortality rate and associated risk factors for mortality

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1175-1182

  Bellia, Vincenzo ^a   Pedone, Claudio ^b   Catalano, Filippo ^c   Zito, Anna ^a   Davì, Eva ^a   Palange, Stefania ^d   Forastiere, Francesco ^d   Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c II Divisione di Pneumologia   (Italy)

^d ASL Roma H   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asthma; Depression; Geriatrics; Malnutrition; Mortality; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 35449008097     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2824     Document Type: Article

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