Assessing adherence and factors associated with adherence in young children with asthma

Background and objective:  Adherence with preventive asthma medication by young children is an important factor when evaluating a suboptimal response to treatment. However, few data exist regarding the accuracy of subjective measures of adherence and factors associated with adherence in young children.

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