Documenting Asthma Severity: Do We Get It Right?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 661-665

  Braganza, Sandra ^a   Sharif, Iman ^a   Ozuah, Philip O ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory therapy; Asthma; Classification; Guidelines; Pediatrics; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; MONTELUKAST; STEROID;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0142053864     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-120019037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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