Childhood asthma management and control. Analysis of the student lung health survey (SLHS) database, Canada 1996

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-40

  Mo, Frank ^a   Robinson, Chris ^a   Choi, Bernard C K ^a   Li, Felix C K ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Biostatics; Canada; Childhood; Control; Disability; Epidemiology; Intervention; Management; SLHS database; Students; Surveillance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CALCULATION; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142764734     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJAMH.2004.16.1.29     Document Type: Article

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