Systems for the management of respiratory disease in primary care - An international series: Pakistan

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Yusuf, Mohammed Osman ^a  

^a Allergy and Asthma Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Asthma; COPD; Economics; Epidemiology; Funding; Infection; Management; Pakistan; Primary care; Respiratory disease; Systems; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUPUNCTURE; ALLERGY TEST; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSULTATION; COOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FLOWMETER; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG CANCER; MEASLES; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; MORBIDITY; NURSE; OTITIS MEDIA; PAKISTAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERTUSSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKE; SOUTH ASIA; SPIROMETER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUBERCULOSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749098716     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/pcrj.2008.00039     Document Type: Review

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