Asthma in older people

Clinical and Experimental Allergy, Supplement

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 195-202

  Dow, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BLACKBERRY HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TOXICITY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031735063     PISSN: 09602178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.028s5195.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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