The Asthma Control and Communication Instrument: A clinical tool developed for ethnically diverse populations

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Patino, Cecilia M ^a   Okelo, Sande O ^d   Rand, Cynthia S ^a   Riekert, Kristin A ^a   Krishnan, Jerry A ^c   Thompson, Kathy ^a   Quartey, Ruth I ^f   Perez Williams, Deanna ^f   Bilderback, Andrew ^a   Merriman, Barry ^b   Paulin, Laura ^e   Hansel, Nadia ^a   Diette, Gregory B ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma control; asthma treatment assignment; quality of asthma care; racial disparities; validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 55549111565     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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