The predictive value of asthma medications to identify individuals with asthma - A study in German general practices

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 472, 2001, Pages 879-883

  Himmel, W ^a   Hummers Pradier, E ^a   Schumann H ^a   Kochen, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Drug prescriptions; General practice; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; AMBROXOL PLUS CLENBUTEROL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FENOTEROL; FENOTEROL PLUS IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NEDOCROMIL; SALBUTAMOL; STEROID; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOMATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034765964     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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