Survey of asthma control in Thailand

Respirology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 373-378

  Boonsawat, Watchara ^a,f   Charoenphan, Poonkasem ^b   Kiatboonsri, Sumalee ^b   Wongtim, Somkiat ^c   Viriyachaiyo, Vilaiwan ^d   Pothirat, Chaicharn ^e   Thanomsieng, Nikom ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Department of Medicine   (Thailand)

^e CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asthma; Control; Management; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THAILAND;

ADULT; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; THAILAND;

EID: 6044277959     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2004.00584.x     Document Type: Review

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