Asthma mortality and management in older Australians: Time for a new approach?

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 215-

  McDonald, Vanessa M ^a   Gibson, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY;

AGED; AGING; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS;

EID: 54949109747     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2008.00322.x     Document Type: Letter

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