Clinically important differences in health-related quality of life for patients with asthma: An expert consensus panel report

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-153

  Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^a,b   Nelson, Harold S ^c   Tierney, William M ^d,e,f   Babu, Ajit N ^g,h   Kroenke, Kurt ^d,e   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b,h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Regrenstrief Inst for Health Care   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0041488673     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)62169-2     Document Type: Article

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