Control of asthma in the Maghreb: results of the AIRMAG study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Benkheder, Ali ^a   Bouacha, Hend ^b   Nafti, Salim ^c   Taright, Samya ^d   El Ftouh, Mustapha ^e   Yassine, Najiba ^f   Fakhfakh, Hachemi ^g   Ali Khoudja, Moufida ^g   Texier, Nathalie ^h   El Hasnaoui, Abdelkader ^g  

^a Ariana Hospital   (Tunisia)

^b CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c CHU Mustapha   (Algeria)

^d Bab El Oued Hospital   (Algeria)

^e IBN SINA HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^f IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^g GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Arab Emirates)

^h Kappa Sante   (France)

Author keywords

asthma; control; epidemiology; Maghreb; treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONOTHERAPY; MOROCCO; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; TUNISIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73349093120     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(09)70023-X     Document Type: Article

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