Knowledge and expectations among Kuwaiti mothers attending clinics for asthmatic children

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Al Najjar, F A ^a   Al Azemi, W M ^a   BuHaimed, W ^a   Adib, S M ^a   Behbehani, J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031853085     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548509808400600     Document Type: Article

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