Asthma clinic attendance improves quality of life of Jamaican asthmatic children and their parents

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Rose, G ^a   Gilbert, T E ^a   Thame, M ^a   Bailey, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70349932127     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249309X12467994693897     Document Type: Article

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