Accuracy of asthma treatment in schoolchildren in NSW, Australia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 658-664

  Paterson, N A M ^a,c   Peat, J K ^b   Mellis, C M ^b   Xuan, W ^b   Woolcock, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory drugs; asthma; children; severity; treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROMOLYN SODIUM; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031054613     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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