Worldwide severity and control of asthma in children and adults: The global asthma insights and reality surveys

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-47

  Rabe, Klaus F ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a   Lai, Christopher K W ^a   Soriano, Joan B ^a   Vermeire, Paul A ^a   Weiss, Kevin B ^a   Weiss, Scott T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIR surveys; Asthma; control; GINA; Global Initiative for Asthma; international; severity; The Asthma Insights and Reality surveys; The Global Initiative for Asthma

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 3543134378     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2004.04.042     Document Type: Article

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