Trends in national incidence, lifetime prevalence and adrenaline prescribing for anaphylaxis in England

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-143

  Sheikh, Aziz ^a   Hippisley Cox, Julia ^b   Newton, John ^c   Fenty, Justin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 42449162985     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.070306     Document Type: Article

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