Preventable factors in hospital admissions for asthma

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-147

  Ordoñez, Gustavo A ^a   Phelan, Peter D ^a   Olinsky, Anthony ^a   Robertson, Colin F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospital admission

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; SALMETEROL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METERED DOSE INHALER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031894609     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.2.143     Document Type: Article

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