The back to school asthma study: The effect of montelukast on asthma burden when initiated prophylactically at the start of the school year

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-181

  Weiss, Kevin B ^a   Gern, James E ^b   Johnston, Neil W ^c   Sears, Malcolm R ^c   Jones, Craig A ^d   Jia, Gang ^e   Watkins, Molly W ^e   Smugar, Steven S ^e   Edelman, Jonathan M ^e   Grant, Evalyn N ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHEWABLE TABLET; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUSITIS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WAKEFULNESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETATES; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; QUINOLINES; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955232173     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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