Discriminative aspects of two generic and two asthma-specific instruments: Relation with symptoms, bronchodilator use and lung function in patients with mild asthma

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-361

  Van Der Molen, T ^a   Postma, D S ^b   Schreurs, A J M ^c   Bosveld, H E P ^a   Sears, M R ^d   Meyboom De Jong, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Bronchodilator use; Lung function; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FORMOTEROL; METHACHOLINE; PLACEBO; TERBUTALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0030874371     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018483310277     Document Type: Article

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