Asthma therapy during the first 8 years of life: A pIAMA cohort study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Zuidgeest, Mira G P ^a,b   Koster, Ellen S ^a   Maitland Van Der Zee, Anke Hilse ^a   Smit, Henriëtte A ^d   Brunekreef, Bert ^c,d   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^a   Koppelman, Gerard H ^e   Postma, Dirkje S ^f   De Jongste, Johan C ^g   Hoekstra, Maarten O ^h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Data collection; Longitudinal; Medication use

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MONTELUKAST; SHORT ACTING DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG MONITORING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77249148898     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770900903483790     Document Type: Article

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