The coming of age of asthma guidelines

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9643, 2008, Pages 1021-1022

  McIvor, R Andrew ^a   Chapman, Kenneth R ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INHALER; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 52049110991     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)61423-3     Document Type: Note

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