Assessing asthma control

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-394

  Juniper, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ASTHMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONICS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548489673     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-007-0059-2     Document Type: Review

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