Objective versus subjective ratings of asthma severity: Differential predictors of illness uncertainty and psychological distress in college students with asthma

Children's Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-195

  Wolfe Christensen, Cortney ^a   Isenberg, Jill C ^b   Mullins, Larry L ^c   Carpentier, Melissa Y ^a   Almstrom, Christina ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; NEDOCROMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 47949103271     PISSN: 02739615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02739610802151514     Document Type: Article

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