Risk factors precipitating exacerbations in adult asthma patients presenting at Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria

South African Family Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Geyser, Mimi M ^a   Rheader, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PET ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SEVERE PERSISTENT ASTHMA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS INFECTION; WEATHER;

EID: 54349091360     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2008.10873743     Document Type: Article

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