Asthma control and compliance in a cohort of adult asthmatics: First survey in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 358-360

  Starobin, Daniel ^a,b   Bargutin, Marina ^a,b   Rosenberg, Itzhak ^a,b   Yarmolovsky, Alexander ^a,b   Levi, Tali ^a,b   Fink, Gershon ^a,b  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control test; Asthma educational program; Non compliance; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE PLUS FORMOTEROL; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE PLUS SALMETEROL; SHORT ACTING DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHALER; INTERVIEW; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34249681392     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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