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Title: Asthma in older adults: a holistic, person-centred and problem-oriented approach (editorial)
Author/Creator: Marks, Guy B.; Poulos, Leanne M.; Jenkins, Christine R.; Gibson, Peter G.
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: Three-quarters of deaths due to asthma in Australia occur among people aged 55 years or older. Many more deaths and hospitalisations in older people are attributed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Between 1997 and 2003, 318 deaths per year were attributed to asthma and 5581 deaths per year were attributed to COPD among Australians aged 55 and over. How can we do better than we are now in dealing with this problem?
Relation: Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 191, Issue 4, p. 197-199
Relation: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/191_04_170809/contents_170809.html
Date: 2009
Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Company
Keyword(s): asthma; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); holistic; obstructive lung disease
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/917729
Identifier: ISSN:0025-729X

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