No evidence that early use of inhaled corticosteroids reduces current asthma at 10 years of age

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1625-1632

  Devulapalli, Chandra Sekhar ^a,b,c,d   Lødrup Carlsen, Karin C ^a,c   Håland, Geir ^a,b   Munthe Kaas, Monica C ^a   Pettersen, Morten ^b   Mowinckel, Petter ^a   Carlsen, Kai Håkon ^b,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Ringerike Sykehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Childhood asthma; Early intervention; Inhaled corticosteroids; Prevalence; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 34250745286     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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