Asthma symptoms: Influence of personality versus clinical status

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 751-756

  Put, C ^a   Demedts, M ^a   Van Den Bergh, O ^b   Demyttenaere, K ^a   Verleden, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asthma; Hospitalization; Negative affectivity; Personality; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032930513     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.13d09.x     Document Type: Article

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