Asthma guidelines: An assessment of physician understanding and practice

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1735-1741

  Doerschug, Kevin C ^a   Peterson, Michael W ^a   Dayton, Charles S ^a   Kline, Joel N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; TRAINING;

EID: 0032989291     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.159.6.9809051     Document Type: Article

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