Temporal trends in asthma mortality over 30 years

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 611-614

  Luis López Campos, José ^a   Cayuela, Aurelio ^a   Rodríguez Domínguez, Susana ^b   Vigil, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b Pino Montano Health Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma; Joinpoint regression analysis; Mortality; Pulmonary epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TREND STUDY;

EID: 51349152477     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900802127006     Document Type: Article

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