Having a child with asthma - Quality of life for Swedish parents

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 386-395

  Dalheim Englund, Ann Charlotte ^a,b   Rydström, Ingela ^a,b   Rasmussen, Birgit Holritz ^b   Möller, Christian ^c   Sandman, Per Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Nykoping Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asthma; Caregiver; Child; Paediatric Asthma Caregiver's Quality of Life Questionnaire; Parent; Quality of life; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FATHER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MOTHER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEDEN; WELLBEING;

EID: 1842781799     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2003.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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