Fatal asthma; is it still an epidemic?
- Vianello, Andrea
- Caminati, Marco
- Crivellaro, Mariangiola
- El Mazloum, Rafi
- Snenghi, Rossella
- SCHIAPPOLI, MICHELE
- Dama, Annarita
- ROSSI, ANDREA
- FESTI, GIULIANA
- Marchi, Maria Rita
- BOVO, CHIARA
- Canonica, Giorgio Walter
- SENNA, GIANENRICO
Publication date
January 2016
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Language
EnglishAbstract
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 2013 and 2015 in Veneto, a North Eastern region of Italy, which prompted a more in-depth investigation of characteristics and risk factors
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