Detection of undiagnosed and poorly controlled asthma in a hospital-based outpatient pediatric primary care clinic using a health risk assessment system

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 498-505

  Nichols, B ^a,b   Scott, L ^a   Jones, S ^b   Kwong, K ^a   Morphew, T ^c   Jones, C A ^a,c  

^a LAC + USC Medical Center   (United States)

^b LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Southern California Chapter of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Control; Outpatient; Pediatric; Screening; Undiagnosed

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67650321609     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02770900902866776     Document Type: Article

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