Antiallergic and antitussive medications: Extent of use and relationship to asthma exacerbations

Therapie

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 373-377

  Van Ganse, E ^a   Van Der Linden, P ^a   Leufkens, H G M ^a   Vincken, W ^b   Ernst, P ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Cough; Pharmacoepidemiology; Rhinitis; Risk benefit ratio; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0029782588     PISSN: 00405957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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