Are Asthma Clinics Useful: Should they be Run by the Doctor or the Nurse?

Asthma: Critical Debates

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 343-354

  Harrison, Brian D W ^a   Mildenhall, Susan M ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma clinics; Diagnosis; Primary care; Secondary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 4844223773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693889.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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