Call for withdrawal of LABA single-therapy inhaler in asthma

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9743, 2010, Pages 750-751

  Beasley, Richard ^a,b   Perrin, Kyle ^a,b   Weatherall, Mark ^b,c   Wijesinghe, Meme ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; LONG ACTING DRUG; SALMETEROL;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INHALER; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77956378654     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61158-0     Document Type: Note

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