The voice of the patients: Allergic rhinitis is not a trivial disease

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Valovirta, Erkka ^a   Myrseth, Svein Erik ^b   Palkonen, Susanna ^b  

^a Turku Allergy Center   (Finland)

^b EFA European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients' Associations   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Burden; Comorbidities; Costs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38049136975     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282f3f42f     Document Type: Review

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