Detection and home management of worsening asthma symptoms

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-473

  Garbutt, Jane ^a   Highstein, Gabriellle ^b   Nelson, Kyle A ^c   Rivera Spoljaric, Katherine ^a   Strunk, Robert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Winds of Change at Crosswinds   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREATHING; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING MUSCLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MOTHER; NEGRO; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; WHEEZING;

EID: 74749106710     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60262-1     Document Type: Article

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