Women and asthma: Lessons from a gender analysis of the asthma in Canada survey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-173

  Day, Anna ^a   Ernst, Pierre ^b   Glick, Leora ^c   Zimmerman, Sabrina ^d   Chapman, Kenneth R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Patient education; Survey; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ASTHMA; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33745061597     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900500499061     Document Type: Article

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