Low-dose inhaled corticosteroid therapy and risk of emergency department visits for asthma

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1591-1595

  Sin, Don D ^a   Man, S F Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MECHANICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037158108     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.14.1591     Document Type: Article

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