Asthma in Canada: Missing the treatment targets

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1027-1028

  Chapman, Kenneth R ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATATION; CANADA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; THERAPY DELAY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 42149099884     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.080120     Document Type: Note

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