Multiple inhalers confuse asthma patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1034-1037

  Van Der Palen, J ^a   Klein, J J ^a   Van Herwaarden, C L A ^b   Zielhuis, G A ^d   Seydel, E R ^c  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d Afdeling Longziekten ^*

Author keywords

Asthma; Inhalation technique; Inhalers

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; POWDER INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032741009     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.99.14510349     Document Type: Article

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