Association between asthma control in children and loss of workdays by caregivers

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-271

  Laforest, Laurent ^a   Yin, Donald ^b   Kocevar, Vasilisa Sazonov ^b   Pacheco, Yves ^a   Dickson, Neville ^a   Gormand, Frédéric ^a   Van Ganse, Eric ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROL SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKING TIME;

EID: 4644352940     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)61499-8     Document Type: Article

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