Risk of emergency care, hospitalization, and ICU stays for acute asthma among recipients of salmeterol

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 857-861

  Lanes, Stephan F ^a   Lanza, Lee L ^a   Wentworth III, Charles E ^a  

^a Epidemiology Resources Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CODING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031752727     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.3.9803047     Document Type: Article

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