Walking around in circles - The life situation of patients with asthma-like symptoms but negative asthma tests

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-112

  Ringsberg, Karin C ^a   Segesten, Kerstin ^b   Åkerlind, Ingemar ^a,c  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Department of Research and Development in Primary Health Care ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma like; Confirmation; Coping; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030925039     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1997.tb00440.x     Document Type: Article

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