The underdiagnosis and undertreatment of asthma - A general population study of the inhabitants of the Lodz province in Poland

Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Kupryś Lipińska, Izabela ^a   Elgalal, Anna ^a   Kuna, Piotr ^a  

^a Medical University of Lodz ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Asthma underdiagnosis; Asthma undertreatment; Epidemiology of asthma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950515455     PISSN: 08677077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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