Comparison of the effectiveness of inhaler devices in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease: a systematic review of the literature.

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Published in Health Technol Assess on January 01, 2001

Authors

D Brocklebank1, F Ram, J Wright, P Barry, C Cates, L Davies, G Douglas, M Muers, D Smith, J White

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Device Mixing in Asthma, a General Practice Research Database Study (EBsalbutamol) | NCT01313585

Efficacy of an Education Protocol in the Correction of Inhalation Techniques in COPD | NCT03144557

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