Readability of consumer medication information for intranasal corticosteroid inhalers

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-68

  Roskos, Steven E ^a   Wallace, Lorraine S ^b,d   Weiss, Barry D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTGSM

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug administration routes; Inhalers; Patient information; Readability; Steroids, cortico

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEVICE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37849023498     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/ajhp070087     Document Type: Article

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