Urgent care visits for acute asthma: under-treatment of symptoms correlated with race-ethnicity

G. Hardie, R. Liu, J. Darden, W. Gold (San Francisco, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Asthma assessment and original therapeutic approaches
Session: Asthma assessment and original therapeutic approaches
Session type: E-Communication Session
Number: 4560
Disease area: Airway diseases

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