Factors affecting patients' compliance to metered-dose inhaler drugs in two asthma clinics in Tehran, Iran

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 187-193

  Tavasoli, Sanaz ^a   Heidarnazhad, Hassan ^a,b,d   Kazemnejad, Anooshiravan ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Attitude; Compliance; Metered dose inhaler drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METERED DOSE INHALER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; METERED DOSE INHALERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33845380296     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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