The limitations of severe asthma: The results of a European survey

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Dockrell, M ^a   Partridge, M R ^b   Valovirta, E ^a  

^a EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Severe asthma; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33846136095     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2006.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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