Reasons for the gap between asthma in reality and Gina guidelines

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 280-285

  Varsano, Shabtai ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic disease management; Coping; Education; Guidelines; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ASTHMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34447502252     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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