Asthma in the global NCD agenda: A neglected epidemic

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-98

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Asher, Innes ^b   Billo, Nils ^c   Bissell, Karen ^b,c   Ellwood, Philippa ^a,b   El Sony, Asma ^d   García Marcos, Luis ^e   Chiang, Chen Yuan ^c   Mallol, Javier ^f   Marks, Guy ^g   Strachan, David ^h  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^d Epidemiological Laboratory   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^g WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH; ONSET AGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTOR;

AGE OF ONSET; ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880008982     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70023-7     Document Type: Letter

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