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BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7700, 2009, Pages 944-945

  Doherty, Steven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NEMSC   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 67649231452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1234     Document Type: Short Survey

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