Death rates for asthma in English populations 1979-2007: Comparison of underlying cause and all certified causes

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 386-393

  Goldacre, M J ^a   Duncan, M E ^a   Griffith, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Death certificate; England; Mortality trends; Underlying cause

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860437016     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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