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Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Goeman, Dianne P ^a,d   Aroni, Rosalie A ^b   Sawyer, Susan M ^c   Stewart, Kay ^a   Thien, Francis C K ^a,d   Abramson, Michael J ^a   Douglass, Jo A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Central and Eastern Clinical School ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0842265719     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05831.x     Document Type: Article

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