A national survey of asthma prevalence, severity, and treatment in Great Britain

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 174-178

  Strachan, D P ^a   Anderson, H R ^a   Limb, E S ^a   O'Neill, A ^a   Wells, N ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 0028294293     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.70.3.174     Document Type: Article

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