Quarterly assessment of short-acting beta(2)-adrenergic agonist use as a predictor of subsequent health care use for asthmatic patients in the United States.

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Published in J Asthma on August 01, 2010

Authors

Harris S Silver1, Christopher M Blanchette, Shital Kamble, Hans Petersen, Matthew Letter, David Meddis, Benjamin Gutierrez

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical and Outcomes Research, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

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