The elderly asthmatic patient

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 371-373

  Slavin, Raymond G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALLERGY; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLAUCOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INCIDENCE; INSOMNIA; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREMOR; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13544267663     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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