Asthma deaths: We need to identify risk factors early and construct at-risk asthma registers

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-14

  Stephenson, Paul ^a   Shields, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; ASTHMA DEATH; BEHAVIOR; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85027930836     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2012.00007     Document Type: Editorial

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