Adherence to asthma management guidelines by middle-aged adults with current asthma

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1025-1031

  Kandane Rathnayake, R K ^a   Matheson, M C ^a   Simpson, J A ^a,b   Tang, M L K ^a,c   Johns, D P ^d   Meszaros D ^d   Wood Baker, R ^d   Feather, I ^e   Morrison, S ^f   Jenkins, M A ^a   Giles, G G ^a,b   Hopper, J ^a   Abramson, M J ^g   Dharmage, S C ^a   Walters, E H ^a,d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 72949097408     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.118430     Document Type: Article

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