Coprescription of antibiotics and asthma drugs in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1022-1026

  De Boeck, Kris ^a   Vermeulen, François ^a   Meyts, Isabelle ^a   Hutsebaut, Luc ^b   Franckaert, Danny ^c   Proesmans, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Statistics Department   (Belgium)

^c Landsbond Van de Christelijke Mutualiteiten   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthma drugs

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BELGIUM; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPRESCRIPTION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79957917725     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-3068     Document Type: Article

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