Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 9 , Pages 1366-1375 , September 2009

Asthma patients' self-reported behaviours toward inhaled corticosteroids

  • Laurent Laforest

      Affiliations

    • CHU Lyon, Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France
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  • Abdelkader El Hasnaoui

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Department, GSK Laboratory, 100 Route de Versailles, 78163 Marly-le-Roi, France
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  • Céline Pribil

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Department, GSK Laboratory, 100 Route de Versailles, 78163 Marly-le-Roi, France
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  • Cécile Ritleng

      Affiliations

    • CHU Lyon, Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France
    • ,
  • Liesl M. Osman

      Affiliations

    • University of Oxford, NDM Strategic, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7LF, UK
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  • Marie-Sophie Schwalm

      Affiliations

    • Cegedim, 90–92 Route de la Reine, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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  • Philippe Le Jeunne

      Affiliations

    • Cegedim, 90–92 Route de la Reine, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
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  • Eric Van Ganse

      Affiliations

    • CHU Lyon, Unité de Pharmacoépidémiologie, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pierre Wertheimer, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 Bron, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unité de Neuro-épidémiologie et de Pharmaco-épidémiologie, Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, 59 Boulevard Pinel, 69677 BRON Cedex, France. Tel.: +33 (0) 472 129 709; fax: +33 (0) 472 129 714.

Received 27 October 2008 ,Accepted 12 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.03.010

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 9 , Pages 1366-1375 , September 2009

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