Prescription pattern of Chinese herbal products for adult-onset asthma in Taiwan: A population-based study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 465-470

  Wang, Hung Ming ^a,b   Lin, Shun Ku ^a,b   Yeh, Chia Hao ^a,b   Lai, Jung Nien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BAI HE GU JIN TANG; DING CHUAN TANG; ER CHEN TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MA XING GAN SHI TANG; MAI MEN DONG TANG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SHO SEIRYU TO; SU ZI JIANG QI TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIN YI QING FEI TAN; XING SU SAN; ZHI SOU SAN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG PREFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899578198     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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