General principles of asthma management: Environmental control

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 609-620

  Huss, Karen ^a,b   Travis, Patricia ^c   Huss, Richard W ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Allergy Asthma and Sinusitis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BENZYL BENZOATE; TANNIN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; CAT; CLEANING; COCKROACH; DANDER; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LAUNDRY; NURSE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WHEEZING; ANIMAL; BED; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; MITE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; MITES; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 1442330963     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-6465(03)00100-2     Document Type: Review

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