Describing and quantifying asthma comorbidty: A population study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gershon, Andrea S ^a,b,c   Guan, Jun ^a   Wang, Chengning ^b   Victor, J Charles ^a,c   To, Teresa ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASES; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860626824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034967     Document Type: Article

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