International prevalence of recurrent wheezing during the first year of life: Variability, treatment patterns and use of health resources

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1004-1009

  Mallol, Javier ^a,e   García Marcos, Luis ^b,e   Solé, Dirceu ^c,e   Brand, Paul ^d,e   Baeza Bacab, Manuel ^e   Leite, Álvaro Madeiro ^e   Bessa, Olívia Costa ^e   Prestes, Elaine Xavier ^e   Sarinho, Emanuel ^e   Medeiros, Décio ^e   Camargos, Paulo ^e   Fernández Fontes, María Jussara ^e   Rocha, Wilson ^e   Bianca, Caroline Della ^e   Chong, Nelson Rosario Herberto ^e   Fischer, Gilberto B ^e   Cepeda, Eduardo ^e   Aldrey, Oscar ^e   Capriles, Arnaldo ^e   Aguirre, Viviana ^e   Gallardo, Alejandro ^e   Calvo, Mario ^e   Martínez Torres, Antonela ^e   Pérez Fernández, Virginia ^e   González Díaz, Carlos ^e   Hermosa, Andrés González ^e   Varela, Ángel López Silvarrey ^e   Suárez Varela, María Morales ^e   Visser, Chantal A N ^e   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; WHEEZING;

EID: 78149359309     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.115188     Document Type: Article

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