Differences in asthma management between white European and Indian subcontinent ethnic groups living in socioeconomically deprived areas in the Birmingham (UK) conurbation

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 490-494

  Moudgil, H ^a   Honeybourne, D ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma management; Ethnic minority groups

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031782532     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.6.490     Document Type: Article

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