Treatment evolution after COPD diagnosis in the UK primary care setting

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wurst, Keele E ^a   Punekar, Yogesh Suresh ^b   Shukla, Amit ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LONG ACTING DRUG; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84910053236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105296     Document Type: Article

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