The relationship of sex to asthma prevalence, health care utilization, and medications in a large managed care organization

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 553-558

  Schatz, Michael ^a   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^b,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 0347623366     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61533-5     Document Type: Article

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