The current burden of allergic rhinitis amongst primary care practitioners and its impact on patient management

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-33

  Van Cauwenberge, Paul ^a   Van Hoecke, Helen ^a,e   Kardos, Peter ^b   Price, David ^c   Waserman, Susan ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Morbidity; Patient management; Primary care practitioners; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIPHORA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ITCHY PALATE; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NASAL PRURITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; OCULAR PRURITUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SNEEZING; SNORING; SORE THROAT; STRESS; SYMPTOM; TIME; WELLBEING; WHEEZING; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SELF MEDICATION; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 62549099550     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00042     Document Type: Article

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