Risk factors for repeat attendance at hospital emergency departments among adults and children with asthma.

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Published in Aust N Z J Med on June 01, 1997

Authors

M Wakefield1, R Staugas, R Ruffin, D Campbell, J Beilby, K McCaul

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology Branch, South Australian Health Commission, Adelaide.

Associated clinical trials:

Asthma Education Using Child Life Services and an Asthma-based Computer Game | NCT01072123

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