Asthma medication use in infancy: Determinants related to prescription of drug therapy

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-384

  Koster, Ellen S ^a   Van der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^b   Verheij, Theo J M ^b   Raaijmakers, Jan A M ^a   Maitland van der Zee, Anke Hilse ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asthma medication; Drug prescription behaviour; Infancy; Respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 79961054753     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr002     Document Type: Article

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