Is asthma control really more difficult to achieve in the elderly patient?

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 149-151

  Boulet, Louis Philippe ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; FORMOTEROL; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

AGE; ASTHMA; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINITIS; FEMALE; MALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84917705543     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000368966     Document Type: Editorial

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