The economic and human costs of asthma in Scotland

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 115-118

  Neville, Ronald G ^a   Hoskins, Gaylor ^a,b   Smith, Barbara ^a   McCowan, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Tayside Centre for General Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Economics; Lifestyle; New GP Contract; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; STEROID;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 1642577285     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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