A Systematic Review of Risk Factors Associated with Near-Fatal and Fatal Asthma

GG Alvarez; M Schulzer; D Jung; JM FitzGerald

doi:10.1155/2005/837645

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2005)

A Systematic Review of Risk Factors Associated with Near-Fatal and Fatal Asthma

GG Alvarez,
M Schulzer,
D Jung,
JM FitzGerald

Affiliations

GG Alvarez: University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital Respirology Division and the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
M Schulzer: University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital Respirology Division and the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
D Jung: University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital Respirology Division and the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
JM FitzGerald: University of British Columbia, Vancouver General Hospital Respirology Division and the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2005/837645
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 5
pp. 265 – 270

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Asthma mortality and morbidity continue to be a serious global problem. Systematic reviews provide an opportunity to review risk factors in detail.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7503

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