Optimising the management of allergic rhinitis: An Australian perspective

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  Walls, Ronald S ^a   Heddle, Robert J ^b   Tang, Mimi L K ^c   Basger, Ben J ^d   Solley, Graham O ^e   Yeo, Guan T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Pharmaceutical Society of Australia   (Australia)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Berowra Family Medical Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATADINE MALEATE; AZELASTINE; BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BROMPHENIRAMINE; BUDESONIDE; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; CITRATE SODIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEXOFENADINE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVOCABASTINE; LORATADINE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE PLUS TRIPROLIDINE; TRIPROLIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONSTIPATION; CONSUMER; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXCITABILITY; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IMPOTENCE; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION DISORDER; NERVOUSNESS; NOSE CONGESTION; NOSE DISEASE; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 11844258785     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06551.x     Document Type: Article

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