Computer-based models to identify high-risk adults with asthma: Is the glass half empty or half full?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 359-370

  Lieu, Tracy A ^a,b   Capra, Angela M ^b   Quesenberry, Charles P ^b   Mendoza, Guillermo R ^c   Mazar, Martin ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Allergy ^*  (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; Prediction models; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION;

EID: 0033024392     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770909909068229     Document Type: Article

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