Asthma management and prevention: Current perspectives

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 26-43

  Stoloff, Stuart W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; CICLESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; FORMOTEROL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEVALBUTEROL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZAFIRLUKAST; ZILEUTON;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY POWDER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; METERED DOSE INHALER; MORNING DOSAGE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POWDER INHALER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CARE; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 49349112871     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(08)80011-7     Document Type: Article

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