Long-acting β2-agonist step-off in patients with controlled asthma.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on October 08, 2012

Authors

Jan L Brozek1, Monica Kraft, Jerry A Krishnan, Michelle M Cloutier, Stephen C Lazarus, James T Li, Nancy Santesso, Robert C Strunk, Thomas B Casale

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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