Towards an integrated approach to lung health in adolescents in developing countries

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-131

  Nelson, E A S ^a   Olukoya, A ^b   Scherpbier, R W ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DOXYCYCLINE FOSFATEX; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; TETRACYCLINE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADOLESCENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ASTHMA; BREATHING RATE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG DISEASES; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 3042637613     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013394     Document Type: Review

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