Assessment of use of spacer devices for inhaled drug delivery to asthmatic children

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-261

  Vella, Cecil ^a   Grech, Victor ^a  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inhalation spacers

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION SPACER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 18344380836     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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