Anxiety and the management of asthma in an adult outpatient population

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 227-233

  Cordina, Maria ^a   Fenech, Anthony G ^a   Vassallo, Josanne ^a   Cacciottolo, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

anxiety; asthma; lung function; medication

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449971740     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465809347038     Document Type: Article

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