A comparison of primary care physicians and pneumologists in the management of asthma in Spain: ASES study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 872-881

  López Viña, Antolin ^a   Enrique Cimas, J ^b   Díaz Sánchez, Concepción ^c   Coria, Gemma ^d   Vegazo, Onofre ^e   Picado Valles, Cesar ^f   Martinez Moratalla, Jesús ^g   Picado, César ^f   Plaza, Vicente ^h   Chiner, Eusebi ⁱ   Piñeiro Amigo, Luis ^j   Gáldiz, Juan ^k   Lamela, Joaquín ^l   Cloquell Rodrigo, Blas ⁿ   Cabrera Ferriols, Ma Angeles ^m   Torres, Ramon Antón ⁿ   Viñes Martinez, Ernesto ⁿ   Ayala Rullan, Margarita ⁿ   Naberan Toña, Karlos ⁿ   Cano Romero, Angel ⁿ   Tarrats Feliu, Eva ⁿ   del Rio Ambulatorio Vilafranca del Penedes, Jose Antonio Domínguez ⁿ   Cebrian Montolio, Franciso ⁿ   Girona Bastus, Remei ⁿ   Sarriegui Dominguez, Susana ⁿ   Navarro Echeverria, Ma Antonia ⁿ   Franquet, Roland Juan ⁿ   Mas Tomas, Carmen ⁿ   Flecha Fernandez Couto, Elisa ⁿ   Paga Bueso, Tomas ⁿ   Bonora Xerri, Carlos ⁿ   Castillo Lopez, Juan Luis ⁿ   Sanz Calcedo, Augusta Albarran ⁿ   Iglesias Campos, Maria Soledad ⁿ   Herrera Valdes, Purificacion ⁿ   Prieto Oliva, Manuel ⁿ   Rodríguez Iglesias, Jose Antonio ⁿ   Candau Camacho, Juan ⁿ   Sánchez Caballero, Emilio ⁿ   Palomar Alguacil, Ma Rosa ⁿ   Martínez Puentedura, Salvador ⁿ   Diaz Diaz, Encarna ⁿ   Fernández Saura, Luis Antonio ⁿ   Fernández Perea, Natividad ⁿ   Urrea Andreu, Antonio Matias ⁿ   Fco Menarguez Puche, Juan ⁿ   Belda Marhuenda, Francisco ⁿ   Lopez Lara, Francisca Matilde ⁿ   Sanchez Cruzado, Pedro Ros ⁿ   Jamil Ala, Ramzi ⁿ   Gómez Gonzalez, Laureano ⁿ   Castrillo San Jose, Begoña ⁿ   Castillejo Alvarez, Andres ⁿ   González Polo, Margarita ⁿ   Picazo Gomez, Esther ⁿ   García Lazaro, Isabel ⁿ   Gómez Perez, Pilar ⁿ   Rodriguez Moñino, Ana Pastor ⁿ   la Torre Rodriguez, Olvido ⁿ   Kieckebwsch Kuserow, Silvia ⁿ   Álvarez Moreno, Ma Jose ⁿ   Paredes Garcia, Almudena ⁿ   Iglesias Valiente, Jose Antonio ⁿ   de Andres Rubio, Juan Manuel ⁿ   Perez Ortega, Isabel ⁿ   Turabian Fernández, José Luis ⁿ   Redondo Valdeolmillos, Mercedes ⁿ   Carvajal de la Torre, Ana ⁿ   Veleiro Fernandez, Maelba ⁿ   López Ortiz, Miguel Angel ⁿ   Rodríguez Perez, Celia ⁿ   Martínez Estrada, Ernesto ⁿ   de la Vega Cuyas, Arturo ⁿ   Gutierrez Renedo, Tomas ⁿ   Gutierrez de Diego, Froilan ⁿ   Sánchez Ventin, Victoria ⁿ   Bóveda Fontan, Julia ⁿ   Perez del Oso, Maria Carmen ⁿ   Ganzaraín Gorosabel, Roman ⁿ   Fernández Urzainqui, Luis ⁿ   Iruretagoyena Amiano, José Antonio ⁿ   Aurrekoetxea Bildosola, Leonor ⁿ   Astobiza Ariño, Victoria ⁿ   González Guerra, Roberto ⁿ   Gutierrez Ibarzabal, Ma Luisa ⁿ   more..

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b Primary Health Care Ctr Contrueces   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^d Primary Healthcare Centre La Calzada II   (Spain)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^l Hospital Cristal Pinor   (Spain)

^m CS Hospital Provincial Alicante   (Spain)

ⁿ CS Hospital Provincial Alicante ^*

more..

Author keywords

Asthma; Epidemiology; Management; Pneumologists; Primary care; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DEFLAZACORT; FLUTICASONE; FORMOTEROL; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISONE; SALMETEROL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; SPAIN; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0042632589     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(03)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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