Incidence and Characteristics of Asthma Exacerbations in Barcelona (ASMAB II);Incidencia y características de las agudizaciones asmáticas en Barcelona (ASMAB II)

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 550-555

  Morell, Ferran ^a,b   Genover, Teresa ^b,c   Benaque, Esther ^d   Picado, César ^b,e   Muñoz, Xavier ^a,b   Cruz, María Jesús ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Centro de Asistencia Primaria Sant Rafael   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asthma exacerbations; Bronchial asthma; Epidemiology of asthma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPAIN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ASTHMA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70350033992     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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