An exploration of factors underlying asthma care and morbidity: A factor analysis of clinical variables

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Miller, Thomas P ^a   Oswald, Frederick L ^b   Reeves, Mathew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; emergency department; factor analysis; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 48349114965     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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