Five-fold increase in use of inhaled corticosteroids over 18 years in the general adult population in West Sweden

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 685-693

  Ekerljung, Linda ^a   Bjerg, Anders ^a   Bossios, Apostolos ^a   Axelsson, Malin ^a   Torén, Kjell ^a   Wennergren, Göran ^a   Lötvall, Jan ^a   Lundbäck, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma medication; Epidemiology; Management; Multi symptom asthma; Severity

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE DIPROPIONATE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING BETA 2 AGONISTS; SHORT ACTING BETA 2 AGONISTS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CHRONIC RHINITIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-2 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899476729     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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