Asthma mortality in Puerto Rico: 1980-2007

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-209

  Bartolomei Díaz, Jose Antonio ^a   Amill Rosario, Alejandro ^a   Claudio, Luz ^b   Hernández, Wanda ^a  

^a Puerto Rico Asthma Project   (Puerto Rico)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; cause of death; epidemiology; mortality rate; vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; PUERTO RICO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951988615     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2010.528498     Document Type: Article

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