title: Asthma mortality in New Jersey residents.
abstract: Researchers at the Asthma & Allergy Research Center noted that from 1972 to 1992, the asthma mortality rate doubled with increased mortality noted in minorities as compared to whites; in females as compared to males; and in individuals over the age of 55 years.
authors.affiliation: Asthma & Allergy Research Center, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2499, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oppenheimer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bielory
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001249:Asthma / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009515:New Jersey / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution