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Control, Adherence and Education

An Assessment of Change in Asthma Control among Adolescents and Adults with Persistent Asthma In Mometasone Furoate/Formoterol Fumarate Clinical Trials

Kathleen W. Wyrwich United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
, Ph.D.,
Andrea M. Ireland United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, MD, USA.
, Ph.D.,
Prakash Navaratnam DataMed Solutions LLC, Hilliard, OH, USA.
, Ph.D., R.Ph., M.P.H.,
Hendrik Nolte Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
, M.D. &
Davis F. Gates Jr. Merck Research Laboratories, Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
, Ph.D.
Pages 48-56 | Published online: 01 Nov 2010

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