Mortality in Western Australian seniors with chronic respiratory diseases: A cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Einarsdáttir, Kristjana ^a   Preen, David B ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Reeve, Raylene ^a   Emery, Jon D ^a   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954045858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-385     Document Type: Article

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