Development of a drug treatment-based severity measure in childhood asthma

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 421-428

  Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^a   Mustard, Cameron A ^b   Simons, F Estelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Child; Databases; Drug; Epidemiology; Prescriptions

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NEDOCROMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ALGORITHMS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036349044     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120004035     Document Type: Article

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