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Edwin A. Bronsky, David S. Pearlman, Bonnie F. Pobiner, Catherine Scott, Yonghua Wang, and Edmundo Stahl
Prevention of Exercise-induced Bronchospasm in Pediatric Asthma Patients: A Comparison of Two Salmeterol Powder Delivery Devices
Pediatrics 1999; 104: 501-506 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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Lani Wheeler   (16 September 1999)

Child-first language 16 September 1999
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Lani Wheeler,
Pediatrician
Anne Arundel County Dept. of Health

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laniwheeler{at}pol.net Lani Wheeler

I think it is important that we use "children and adults with asthma" not "asthmatic children and adults" or "asthmatic patients".