The curious 2000-year case of asthma

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 816-827

  Banks Gregerson, M ^a  

^a Family Therapy Inst of Alexandria   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Method; Multifactorial model; Psychosomatic medicine; Review of literature; Theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATICS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0034529543     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200011000-00012     Document Type: Article

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