Urban & rural differences in the management of asthma amongst primary care physicians in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lum, Elaine Y ^a   Sharpe, Heather M ^b   Nilsson, Carolyn ^b   Andrews, Elaine M ^c   Tsuyuki, Ross T ^b   Mayers, Irvin ^b   Cowie, Robert L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Community health; Primary medicine; Rural medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 36348942461     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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