Racial Differences in the Use of Respiratory Medications in Premature Infants after Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Lorch, Scott A ^a   Wade, Kelly C ^a   Bakewell Sachs, Susan ^a,b   Medoff Cooper, Barbara ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^c   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 36148955095     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.052     Document Type: Article

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