Assessment of Asthma Severity in Adults with Asthma Treated by Family Practitioners, Allergists, and Pulmonologists

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1567-1577

  Eisner, Mark D ^a   Katz, Patricia P ^a   Yelin, Edward H ^a   Henke, Jonathan ^a   Smith, Sherman ^a   Blanc, Paul D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allergy and immunology; Asthma; Family practice; Pulmonary disease (Specialty); Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032214795     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199811000-00006     Document Type: Article

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