Evaluation of an educational programme for socially deprived asthma patients

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 908-914

  De Oliveira, M A ^a   Faresin, S M ^a   Bruno, V F ^a   De Bittencourt, A R ^a   Fernandes, A L G ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Disciplina de Pneumologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action plan; Asthma educational programme; Socially deprived population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0032733701     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d30.x     Document Type: Article

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