Classifying asthma severity: Objective versus subjective measures

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 711-715

  Cowen, Melissa K ^a   Wakefield, Dorothy B ^b   Cloutier, Michelle M ^a,b  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Disease management; NAEPP Guidelines; Spirometry; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 36248980892     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900701595576     Document Type: Article

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