Psychological factors associated with emergency room visits among asthmatic patients

Behavior Modification

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-233

  Nouwen, Arie ^a   Freeston, Mark H ^c   Labbé, Réjean ^c   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Laval Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0033063246     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445599232002     Document Type: Article

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