Internet-based home asthma telemonitoring: Can patients handle the technology?

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Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 148-155

  Finkelstein, Joseph ^a,c   Cabrera, Manuel R ^b   Hripcsak, George ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^c Doctors Office Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Peak expiratory flow; Self management; Spirometry; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MONITORING; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF MEDICATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0033964437     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.1.148     Document Type: Article

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