Costs of asthma are correlated with severity: A 1-yr prospective study

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-67

  Godard, P ^a   Chanez, P ^a   Siraudin, L ^a   Nicoloyannis, N ^a   Duru, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

Direct costs; Indirect costs; Prospective study; Quality of life; Severity of asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOBILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036151024     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00232001     Document Type: Article

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