Trends in rates of admission to hospital and death from asthma among children and young adults in Canada during the 1980s.

• Main Authors: Wilkins, K, Mao, Y
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Research Article; British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1490434; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8420656

OBJECTIVE: To update reports of increases in the rates of admission to hospital and death from asthma among children and young adults in Canada during the 1970s by examining data for the 1980s. DESIGN: Age-standardized rates were calculated from data for people less than 35 years of age at the time...