Interactions between psychosocial problems and management of asthma: Who is at risk of dying?

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-256

  Barton, Christopher A ^a   Mckenzie, Dean P ^a   Walters, E Haydn ^b   Abramson, Michael J ^a   Bailey, Michael J ^c   Campbell, Donald A ^c   Coleridge, John ^c   Couper, Fiona J ^c   Driver, Jan S ^c   Drummer, Olaf H ^c   Evans, Nerida ^c   Forbes, Andrew B ^c   Maclean, Andrew ^c   McNeil, John J ^c   Pinskier, Henry ^c   Robertson, Colin ^c   Thomson, Graeme ^c   Willis, Jessika ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Alfred Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Asthma; Mortality; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE AUTOMATIC INTERACTION DETECTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 22044436552     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JAS-200057881     Document Type: Article

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