Categorizing asthma severity

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1962-1967

  Colice, Gene L ^a,b   Vanden Burgt, Jennifer ^a,b   Song, Jessie ^a,b   Stampone, Patti ^a,b   Thompson, Philip J ^a,b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033405947     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.6.9902112     Document Type: Article

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