A survey of pediatricians' knowledge on asthma management in children

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-90

  Gharagozlou, Mohammad ^a,b   Abdollahpour, Hengameh ^a   Moinfar, Zahra ^a   Bemanian, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Sedaghat, Mojtaba ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Knowledge; Pediatricians; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOPHYLLINE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; KETOTIFEN; LONG ACTING DRUG; SALBUTAMOL; THEOPHYLLINE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG CHOICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION; IRAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIROMETER; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WHEEZING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALBUTEROL; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 48849115848     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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