Factor analysis: A primer for asthma researchers

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1181-1183

  Riekert, Kristin A ^a   Eakin, Michelle ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ASTHMA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS;

EID: 42949177602     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.03.023     Document Type: Editorial

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