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Josep M. Antó

Researcher at Pompeu Fabra University

Publications -  523
Citations -  45951

Josep M. Antó is an academic researcher from Pompeu Fabra University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asthma & Population. The author has an hindex of 100, co-authored 493 publications receiving 38663 citations. Previous affiliations of Josep M. Antó include University of Rochester & Centra.

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Sex differences in mortality of people who visited emergency rooms for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

TL;DR: The mortality rates in both males and females who visited emergency rooms for COPD or asthma were significantly higher than the expected rates in the general population, and the increased risk of asthma death in females may be due to problems of coding the term "asthma" in death certificates.