Asthma trends in Switzerland: the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network, 1988-1996

U Bollag; J Cloetta; J Oberreich; W J Paget

doi:10.2807/esm.04.02.00041-en

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Asthma trends in Switzerland: the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network, 1988-1996
U Bollag¹ , J Cloetta² , J Oberreich² , W J Paget^2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ Family Practice, Bern, Switzerland ² Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland ³ The Sentinel working group

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Citation style for this article: Bollag U, Cloetta J, Oberreich J, Paget W J. Asthma trends in Switzerland: the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network, 1988-1996. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(2):pii=41. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.02.00041-en

Abstract

The setting up of the Swiss Sentinel Surveillance Network (SSSN) in 1986 has provided an excellent opportunity to study the distribution and determinants of asthma. The system provides morbidity data, which are representative of family practices in primar