Anti-asthma medication prescribing to children in the Lombardy Region of Italy: Chronic versus new users

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bianchi, Marina ^a   Clavenna, Antonio ^a   Sequi, Marco ^a   Bortolotti, Angela ^b   Fortino, Ida ^b   Merlino, Luca ^b   Bonati, Maurizio ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Ministry   (Italy)

Author keywords

asthmaanti asthmatic drugs; Children and adolescents; Drug utilization; Pharmacoepidemiology; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FENOTEROL; FLUNISOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MONTELUKAST; NEDOCROMIL SODIUM; OXITROPIUM BROMIDE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 80054084466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-11-48     Document Type: Article

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