Trends in asthma therapy in the United States: 1965-1992

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-281

  Terr, Abba I ^a   Bloch, Daniel A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINE THEOPHYLLINATE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIPROPHYLLINE; ENPROFYLLINE; EPHEDRINE; THEOPHYLLINE; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFANT; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029864645     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)63441-2     Document Type: Article

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