Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 957-965 , July 2010

Asthma Programme in Finland: Did the use of secondary care resources become more rational?

  • L.E. Tuomisto

      Affiliations

    • Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Huhtalantie 53, FI 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358408457163; fax: +35864154989.
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  • M. Erhola

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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  • T. Luukkaala

      Affiliations

    • Science Centre, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
    • Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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  • H. Puolijoki

      Affiliations

    • Seinäjoki Central Hospital, Huhtalantie 53, FI 60220 Seinäjoki, Finland
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  • M.M. Nieminen

      Affiliations

    • University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
    • Koskiklinikka Medical Centre, Tampere, Finland
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  • M. Kaila

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Received 8 August 2009 ,Accepted 27 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.01.018

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 7 , Pages 957-965 , July 2010

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