Antibiotic consumption in children prior to diagnosis of asthma

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Marra, Fawziah ^a   Marra, Carlo A ^a   Richardson, Kathryn ^b   Lynd, Larry D ^a   FitzGerald, Mark J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KETOTIFEN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79957660423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-32     Document Type: Article

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