Perception of the role of inhaled corticosteroids and factors affecting compliance among asthmatic adult patients

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 569-573

  Al Jahdali, Hamdan H ^a   Al Zahrani, Adel I ^a   Al Otaibi, Salihah T ^a   Hassan, Imad S ^a   Al Moamary, Mohamad S ^a   Al Duhaim, Ahmad S ^a   Al Shimemeri, Abdullah A ^a   Al Dawood, Abdulaziz S ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SAFETY; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ASTHMA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 34447272222     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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