New FDA safety warnings for LABAs: A call for asthma guidelines revisit for solo beta agonist

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-66

  Koshak, Emad A ^a  

^a AL BAHA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IRRITANT AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG LABELING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956029068     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.62468     Document Type: Editorial

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