Evaluating the effects of asthma therapy on childhood growth: Principles of study design

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1167-1178

  Price, J ^a   Hindmarsh, P ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Efthimiou, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Corticosteroids; Growth; Research design

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRY POWDER; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; HUMANS;

EID: 0035991352     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00249202     Document Type: Review

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