Prescribing of asthma medication in primary care for children aged under 10

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Schokker, Siebrig ^a   Groenhof, Feikje ^a   Van Der Veen, Willem Jan ^a   Van Der Molen, Thys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma; Medications; Paediatrics; Prescriptions; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NETHERLANDS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77749233912     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2009.00039     Document Type: Article

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