Essential medicines for COPD and asthma in low and middle-income countries

Thorax

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1149-1151

  Bazargani, Yaser T ^a   De Boer, Anthonious ^a   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^a   Mantel Teeuwisse, Aukje K ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMINOPHYLLINE; BECLOMETASONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL STATUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; PUBLICATION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORMULARIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM AGENTS;

EID: 84919768669     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205249     Document Type: Article

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