General practitioners' prescribing behaviour as a determinant of poor persistence with inhaled corticosteroids in children with respiratory symptoms: Mixed methods study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Klok, Ted ^a   Kaptein, Ad A ^b   Duiverman, Eric ^c   Oldenhof, Frank S ^d   Brand, Paul L P ^a,e  

^a Princess Amalia Children's Clinic   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Gezondheidshuis Stadshagen   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; WHEEZING;

EID: 84877661805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002310     Document Type: Article

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