Review of the asthma mortality rate for minnesota residents aged 55 years or older, 2004-2005: When death certificates deserve a second look

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Brunner, Wendy M ^a   Ross, Susan K ^a   Johnson, Jean E S ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70149093529     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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