Ethnic differences: Word descriptors used by African-American and white asthma patients during induced bronchoconstriction

Chest

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 935-943

  Hardie, Grace E ^a,b   Janson, Susan ^a   Gold, Warren M ^a   Carrieri Kohlman, Virginia ^a   Boushey, Homer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Ethnic word descriptors; Symptom perception

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034094989     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.4.935     Document Type: Article

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