The influence of gender on adults admitted for asthma

Gender Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Woods, Scott E ^a   Brown, Kelly ^a   Engel, Amy ^b  

^a Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; gender; morbidity; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH DISPARITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 77954945632     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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