Asthma prevalence and drug prescription in asthmatic children

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Barbato, A ^a   Panizzolo, C ^a   Biserna, L ^b   Cantarutti, L ^f   Giaquinto, C ^a   Frati, F ^c   Marcucci, F ^c   Monciotti, C ^a   Testi, R ^d   Di Blasi, P ^d   Sturkenboom, M C J M ^e   Basoccu, Pietra ^f   Biondi, Claudio ^f   Calà, Angela ^f   Campa, Mario ^f   Cristofanelli, Palmina ^f   De Angelis, Rita ^f   Del Torso, Stefano ^f   Fama, Mario ^f   Fain, Simanetta ^f   Frantini, Enrica Luciani ^f   Fusco, Fabrizio ^f   Gambotto, Silvia ^f   Giancola, Giuseppe ^f   Gobbi, Costantina ^f   Londa, Isaia ^f   Lorson, Dominique ^f   Lorussa, Giuseppe ^f   Magnelli, Alessandra ^f   Maiali, Ferdinando ^f   Mulas, Anna ^f   Napolitano, Salvatore ^f   Passarella, Andrea ^f   Rampini, Luigina ^f   Randolfi, Teresa ^f   Roggi, Adele Riatta ^f   Sambugaro, Daniela ^f   Santaro, Maria Ausilia ^f   Senesi, Paolo ^f   Speciale, Sergio ^f   Speranza, Francesco ^f   Tanzi, Ivo ^f   Valpreda, Andrea ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Pediatric Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d GSK   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Prevalence; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METERED DOSE INHALER; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFANT; ITALY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; CROMOLYN SODIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037959966     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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