Short-acting β-agonist prescription fills as a marker for asthma morbidity

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 602-608

  Naureckas, Edward T ^a   Dukic, Vanja ^b   Bao, Xiaoming ^b   Rathouz, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Administrative database; Asthma; Asthma emergency department visits; Asthma hospitalizations; Asthma outcomes; agonists

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 23744500514     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.2.602     Document Type: Article

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