What drives prescribing of asthma medication to preschool wheezing children? A primary care study

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1160-1170

  Montella, Silvia ^a   Baraldi, Eugenio ^b   Bruzzese, Dario ^a   Mirra, Virginia ^a   Di Giorgio, Angela ^a   Santamaria, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

asthma; family physicians; young children

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; FAMILY PHYSICIANS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKOTRIENE ANTAGONISTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 84887226343     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22761     Document Type: Article

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