Delivering effective asthma care - how do we implement asthma guidelines?
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Delivering effective asthma care--how do we implement asthma guidelines?
Over the last 10 yrs there has been a burgeoning increase in asthma guidelines, initially concerning paediatric asthma [1], and subsequently all aspects of asthma for all ages and for all countries. Some have been produced nationally [2], some internationally [3], some adapted from global strategies and others produced specifically for developing countries. The Global Initiative for Asthma (GIN...
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Affiliations: Dept of Respiratory Diseases, University Hospital, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. Inserm, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Respiratory and Environmental Epidemiology Team, Villejuif, France. Inserm U1046, Montpellier University 1 and 2, Montpellier, France. Allergy Division, Dept of Pneumology, Inserm U657, Hôpital Arnaud d...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.2000.15b01.x