Effectiveness of acute asthma care among inner-city adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1591-1596

  Coyle, Yvonne Marie ^a   Aragaki, Corinne Chie ^b   Hynan, Linda Susan ^b   Gruchalla, Rebecca Sue ^b   Khan, David Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038155439     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.13.1591     Document Type: Article

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