Erratum: The impact of allergic rhinitis on work productivity (Primary Care Respiratory Journal (2007) 16(2) (98-105) DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00015);The impact of allergic rhinitis on work productivity

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 98-105

  Szeinbach, Sheryl L ^a   Seoane Vazquez, Enrique C ^a   Beyer, Andrew ^a   Williams, P Brock ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy outcomes; Diagnostic testing; Managed care; Specific IgE; Work productivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SLEEP; SYMPTOM;

EID: 34247897124     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2007.00051     Document Type: Erratum

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