Anti-asthma medication prescribing to children in the Lombardy Region of Italy: chronic versus new users

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although anti-asthma medications are amongst those most frequently under or over prescribed it is generally accepted that prescriptions for such agents can be used as a proxy for disease prevalence. The aims of this study were to est...

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Main Authors: Fortino Ida, Bortolotti Angela, Sequi, Marco, Clavenna Antonio, Bianchi Marina, Merlino Luca, Bonati Maurizio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/11/48