The fatality-prone asthmatic child and adolescent

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-97

  Strunk, R C ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031908027     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(05)70349-0     Document Type: Article

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