Clustered randomised trial of an intervention to improve the management of asthma: Greenwich asthma study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7193, 1999, Pages 1251-1255

  Premaratne, U N ^a   Sterne, J A C ^a   Marks, G B ^c   Webb, J R ^b   Azima, H ^a   Burney, P G J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Greenwich District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033535769     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7193.1251     Document Type: Article

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