Implications of psychosocial factors as precipitant of asthma attack among a sample of asthmatics

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 601-605

  Mosaku, Kolawole S ^a   Erhabor, Gregory E ^a   Morakinyo, Olufemi ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asthma; Discriminant; Emotion; Psychosocial factors; Sociodemographic

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CRYING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENSTRUATION; NIGERIA; OCCUPATION; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750050816     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900600878594     Document Type: Article

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