Determinants of asthma control in tertiary level in Turkey: A cross-sectional multicenter survey

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 557-562

  Turktas, Haluk ^a   Mungan, Dilsad ^b   Uysal, Mehmet Atilla ^c   Oguzulgen, Kivilcim ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Yedikule Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma control test; Control; Determinants

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; SHORT ACTING DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ASTHMA; ASTHMA CONTROL TEST; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TERTIARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953831213     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770901003692777     Document Type: Review

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