Interpreting quality-of-life data: Methods for community consensus in asthma

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 826-833

  Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^a,b   Metz, Stacie M ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c,d   Tierney, William M ^c,d   Babu, Ajit N ^e,f   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b,g,h  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Regrenstrief Inst for Health Care   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33745211477     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61345-2     Document Type: Article

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