Action plans in asthma

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 306-310

  Beauchesne, Marie France ^a,b   Levert, Valérie ^b   El Tawil, Miray ^b   Labrecque, Manon ^a,b   Blais, Lucie ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action plans for asthma; Asthma; Asthma education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33750161009     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2006/458658     Document Type: Article

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