Reasons for inadequate asthma control in children: An important contribution from the "French 6 cities study"

Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ferrante, Giuliana ^a   La Grutta, Stefania ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHILD; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRANCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MORBIDITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WHEEZING;

EID: 84866368462     PISSN: 1828695X     EISSN: 20496958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-6958-7-23     Document Type: Editorial

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