Primary care physicians' perceptions and practices on asthma care in Aseer region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-337

  Abudahish, Abdulrhman ^a,b   Bella, Hassan ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 33644978144     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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