Seventeen Years of Asthma Guidelines: Why Hasn't the Outcome Improved for Children?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 786-788

  Weinberger, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; PEDIATRICIAN; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 65549171467     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.01.003     Document Type: Note

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