Management of asthma: The essentials of good clinical practice

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-137

  Aït Khaled, Nadia ^a,b   Enarson, D A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^b The Union   (France)

Author keywords

Asthma; Burden; Clinical practice; Cost; Management

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLERGEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ASTHMA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG FATALITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEREDITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33244470403     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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