Effect of asthma and its treatment on growth: Four year follow up of cohort of children from general practices in Tayside, Scotland

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7132, 1998, Pages 668-672

  McCowan, C ^a   Neville, R G ^a   Thomas, G E ^a   Crombie, I K ^a   Clark, R A ^a   Ricketts, I W ^a   Cairns, A Y ^a   Warner, F C ^a   Greene, S A ^a   White, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 6844240233     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7132.668     Document Type: Article

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