American and Icelandic parents' perceptions of the health status of their young children with chronic asthma

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Svavarsdóttir, Erla Kolbrun ^a   Rayens, Mary Kay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood chronic asthma; Parents' perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FATHER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17044441101     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2003.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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