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Asthma in the Emergency Department

Receipt of Systemic Corticosteroids during Asthma Visits to US Emergency Departments, 2007–2009

Alan E. SimonInfant, Child, and Women's Health Statistics Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D. &
Lara J. AkinbamiInfant, Child, and Women's Health Statistics Branch, Office of Analysis and Epidemiology, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA;US Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, USA
, M.D.
Pages 419-426 | Published online: 27 Feb 2013

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