Fatal asthma; is it still an epidemic?
Background Asthma mortality has declined since the 1980s. Nevertheless the World Health Organization (WHO) identified asthma as responsible for 225.000 deaths worldwide in 2005, and 430.000 fatal cases are expected by 2030. Some unexpected and concentrated fatal asthma events all occurred between 20...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-01-01
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Series: | World Allergy Organization Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1939455119301942 |