Psychological morbidity and coping skills in patients with brittle and non-brittle asthma: A case-control study

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1151-1159

  Miles, J F ^a   Garden, G M F ^b   Tunnicliffe, W S ^a   Cayton, R M ^a   Ayres, J G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brittle asthma; Coping; Non brittle asthma; Psychological morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030801354     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb01152.x     Document Type: Article

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