The new BTS/SIGN asthma guidelines: Where evidence leads the way

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-99

  Higgins, B G ^a   Douglas, J G ^b  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MAGNESIUM; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ASTHMA; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ASTHMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0037312722     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.2.98     Document Type: Short Survey

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