Changes in primary care prescribing patterns for paediatric asthma: A prescribing database analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 521-525

  Elkout, Hajer ^a   Helms, Peter J ^a   Simpson, Colin R ^a,b   McLay, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; FLUTICASONE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84861479104     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.206268     Document Type: Article

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