Prevention of emergency department visits for acute asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-259

  Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33244496718     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61233-1     Document Type: Editorial

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