The management of childhood asthma in the community

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1476-1482

  Maziak, W ^a   von Mutius, E ^b   Beimfohr, C ^a   Hirsch, T ^c   Leupold, W ^c   Keil, U ^a   Weiland, S K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood; Management; Population based

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AWARENESS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SYMPTOM; TIME; WHEEZING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; STEROIDS;

EID: 18744417230     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00281102     Document Type: Article

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