What is the problem with asthma care for children?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-475

  Weinberger, Miles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955559050     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.46     Document Type: Editorial

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