Asthma mortality in Australia in the 21st century: A case series analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Goeman, Dianne P ^a   Abramson, Michael J ^b   McCarthy, Edwina A ^a   Zubrinich, Celia M ^a   Douglass, Jo A ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CASE STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY DELAY; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84878380738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002539     Document Type: Article

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