Asthma quality of life in a Southern practice: Towards a new paradigm

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 371-376

  Wolf, Bruce L ^a,c   Reed, George ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032749755     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62833-5     Document Type: Article

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