Was it easy to use an Asthma Control Test (ACT) in different clinical practice settings in a tertiary hospital in Singapore?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1064-1069

  Prabhakaran, Lathy ^a   Earnest, Arul ^a   Abisheganaden, John ^a   Chee, Jane ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Administer; Guidelines; Interpretation; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 76149132327     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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