Management of the severe asthmatic

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-62

  Miller, Thomas P ^a   Barbers, Richard G ^b  

^a Allerg Assoc of W Michigan P C   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032600702     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199901000-00010     Document Type: Article

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