What is asthma control? Discrepancies between parents' perceptions and official definitions

Journal of School Health

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 215-218

  Dozier, Ann ^a   Aligne, C Andrew ^b   Schlabach, Mary Beth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rochester City School District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEBULIZER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33747501802     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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