Childhood asthma: Reasons for diagnostic delay and facilitation of early diagnosis - A qualitative study

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Østergaard, Marianne Stubbe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood asthma; Clinical history; Doctors description; Metaphors; New asthma concept; Onomatoipoetic; Parents description

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACILITATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 15744364771     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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