Impact of home environment characteristics on asthma quality of life and symptom scores

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-187

  Shedd, Angela D ^a,d   Peters, Jay I ^a   Wood, Pamela ^a   Inscore, Stephen ^a   Forkner, Emma ^c   Smith, Brad ^c   Galbreath, Autumn Dawn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEXAS TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Home environment; Pediatric; QOL; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BED; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COCKROACH; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; COCKROACHES; DUST; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247111893     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701209699     Document Type: Article

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