Unawareness and undertreatment of asthma: Follow-up in a different geographic area in Denmark

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1179-1184

  Backer, V ^a,b   Nolte, H ^b   Pedersen, L ^c   Dam, N ^d   Harving, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Asthma; Unawareness; Underdiagnose; Undertreatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AWARENESS; BRONCHITIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINITIS; SMOKING;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYCORTICOSTEROIDS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RHINITIS;

EID: 67650321035     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: 13989995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.01994.x     Document Type: Article

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