Proceedings of a Workshop on Near Fatal Asthma

Concern has been expressed about rising asthma morbidity and mortality, although the latter appears to have declined recently. A reasonable surrogate for fatal asthma is an episode of near fatal asthma (NFA). The etiology of episodes of NFA appears to be multifactorial. Features that would character...

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Main Authors: J Mark FitzGerald, Peter T Macklem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1995-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1995/634384